US Patent Issued to Scapa UK on Sept. 29 for "Semiconductive tapes and methods for making the same" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,597, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Scapa UK Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Semiconductive tapes and methods for making the same" was invented by Rebecca Wilson (Stalybridge, Great Britain) and Geoffrey Henstock (Greater Manchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Semiconductive tapes for use with electric cables, such as high voltage power cables, and methods for manufacturing such tapes, are provided. A semiconductive tape comprises a first layer comprising a fabric and a second layer in contact with the first layer. The second layer comprises an activated carbon or carbon black. The semiconductive tapes have increased f...