ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,257, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to ZEON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Composition for self-suction adhering foam sheet and self-suction adhering foam laminate sheet" was invented by Shinsuke Ashida (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a composition for a self-suction adhering foam sheet that can be used to obtain a self-suction adhering foam laminate sheet that has excellent air releasability while also inhibiting formation of resin residue on metal after weathering. The composition for a self-suction adhering foam sheet contains a polymer including an unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 0.1 ma...