US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on March 24 for "Microporous dry adhesive films, methods of making, and methods of use" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,041, issued on March 24, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation INC. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Microporous dry adhesive films, methods of making, and methods of use" was invented by Peng Jiang (Gainesville, Fla.), Yifan Zhang (Gainesville, Fla.), Calen Leverant (Gainesville, Fla.) and Curtis Taylor (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are materials, methods of making materials, and methods of use, wherein the materials have switchable adhesive properties. Materials of the present disclosure can reversibly change coloration in conjunction with the changing adhesive state. The films, made fr...