ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,013, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Arkema France (Puteaux, France).

"Pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions and related aqueous polymer dispersions" was invented by Leo Mario Saija (Boretto, Italy), Mario Lugli (Boretto, Italy), Simona Ferretti (Beretto, Italy) and Andrea Premoli (Boretto, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure sensitive adhesive comprising an aqueous polymer dispersion which comprises at least one polymer with monomeric units from a monomeric composition comprising (by weight): a) 60 to 95% of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate; b) 0.1 to 15% of butyl (meth)acrylate; c) 0.5 to 5% of a vinyl aromatic monomer; d) 0...