ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,653, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Articles with an adhesive layer" was invented by Chun Liu (Midland, Mich.), Qichun Wan (Midland, Mich.), Colin LiPiShan (Lake Jackson, Texas), Lena T. Nguyen (Lake Jackson, Texas) and Kyle D. Anderson (Freeport, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an article. The article includes an adhesive layer with two opposing surfaces. The adhesive layer includes (i) a functionalized ethylene-based polymer having a melt index from 0.1 g/10 min to 300 g/10 min; (ii) from 0.01 wt % to 45 wt % of a functionalized hydrocarbon; (ii...