ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,140, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Sealing device with increased concrete adhesion strength" was invented by Herbert Ackermann (Tann, Switzerland) and Carine Kerber (Sarnen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing device and a method for producing a sealing device and to use of a sealing device for waterproofing of a substrate, the sealing device including a functional layer having a first major surface and a second major surface and a barrier layer directly or indirectly connected to the second major surface of the functional layer, wherein the functional layer includes at l...