ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,018, issued on July 7, was assigned to ELANTAS NORTH AMERICA INC. (St. Louis) and ELANTAS EUROPE S.R.L. (Collecchio, Italy).

"Tape comprising a hybrid binder for high voltage application" was invented by Thomas James Murray (Wesel, Germany), Ronald Goetter (Wesel, Germany), Nathan Hussey (Wesel, Germany), Mattia Ferraris (Wesel, Germany), Paola Gherardi (Wesel, Germany), Nicola Cuminetti (Wesel, Germany), Marco Viola (Wesel, Germany) and David Vines (Wesel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a tape comprising an epoxy based resin having ester groups and ethylenically unsaturated groups, alternative...