ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,400, issued on April 7, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Compositions and adhesive articles including porous polymeric particles and methods of coating substrates" was invented by Mary M. Caruso Dailey (Maplewood, Minn.), Ying Lin (Woodbury, Minn.), John C. Hulteen (Afton, Minn.), Ibrahim A El Hedok (Woodbury, Minn.), Hassan Sahouani (Hastings, Minn.) and Yongshang Lu (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions are provided that include a coating and porous polymeric particles disposed in the coating. Adhesive articles are also provided including a substrate and a composition disposed ...