ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,403, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to tesa (Norderstedt, Germany).

"Layered construction having an adhesive strip and two liners" was invented by Marco Balbo-Block (Hamburg, Germany), Jochen Fiencke (Hamburg, Germany), Martin Geelink (Hamburg, Germany) and Marcus Muller (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Layer constructions allow an adhesive tape to be wound to form a spool simply and with relatively uncomplicated apparatus. At least one layered construction comprises: an adhesive tape comprising at least one outer layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive; a release liner lying on the outer layer of pressure-sensitive ...