ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,435, issued on March 17, was assigned to CERTOPLAST TECHNISCHE KLEBEBAENDER GMBH (Wuppertal, Germany).
"Adhesive tape" was invented by Timo Leermann (Wuppertal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject matter of the invention is an adhesive tape, in particular a wrapping tape for sheathing cables in automobiles. The adhesive tape is equipped with a textile support and at least one adhesive layer applied to one or both sides of the support. The support is coloured by an organic dye which is composed of yellow and red pigments. The yellow pigments are based on anthraquinone. According to the invention, pigments based on pery...