ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,257, issued on May 12, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Adhesive primer for flexographic plate mounting tape" was invented by Becky A. Jetto (Jordan, Minn.), David T. Amos (St. Paul, Minn.), Jeffrey A. Peterson (Hugo, Minn.) and Scott A. Van Wert (St. Paul, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Primer layers for adhesion of a pressure sensitive adhesive material to a substrate are provided. The primer layer comprises a crosslinked polymer. In some embodiments, the primer layer has an atomic nitrogen content of greater than 6 wt %, and in some a ratio of atomic weight percent of oxygen to nitrogen of less...