US Patent Issued to DIC on April 7 for "Sticky tape, article, and method for disassembling article" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,398, issued on April 7, was assigned to DIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sticky tape, article, and method for disassembling article" was invented by Hiromasa Kikuchi (Saitama, Japan), Hideaki Takei (Saitama, Japan) and Yusuke Takahashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sticky tape that can be heated and separated in a short time and can effectively prevent thermal damage to an adherend is provided. The sticky tape separable by heating, includes: an intermediate layer A containing a heating element and an adhesive agent; an adhesive agent layer B1 disposed on one surface side of the intermediate layer A and containing an adhesive agent; and ...