Patents Assigned to Avery Dennison Corporation
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Patent number: 12286563Abstract: Provided herein are butyl rubber based pressure sensitive adhesive compositions comprising low molecular weight polyisobutylene oligomers and a multifunctional crosslinker. These adhesive compositions can exhibit high adhesion and shear resistance without requiring curing at high temperature to provide the compositions with these advantageous performance properties. Also provided are adhesive tapes and methods using the disclosed adhesive compositions.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Henry W. Milliman, Marcela Castano, Dong-Tsai Hseih
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Patent number: 12275872Abstract: Vibration damping viscoelastic damping material laminates are described. The tapes generally include at least two viscoelastic damping material layers and at least one substrate. The tapes may optionally include one or more release liners. Also described are constrained layer systems formed by adhering the tape to a first substrate and/or second substrate undergoing vibration.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Henry W. Milliman, Joseph L. Meckler, Mahesh Ganesan, Luke N. Johnson
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Patent number: 12275856Abstract: Ink compositions for inkjet printing are disclosed. The ink compositions comprise a pigment, a binder system, a solvent system, and an epoxy resin. The ink compositions have improved drying time from the time of printing to the time of lamination with an overlaminate film as compared to existing inkjet ink compositions.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Charles L. Beck, Runzhi He
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Patent number: 12246519Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a multilayer coating for covering vehicle body parts. The method comprises providing a polymeric facestock layer (3) providing a polymeric top coat layer (4), providing a polymeric adhesive layer (2), and sandwiching the polymeric facestock layer (3) between the polymeric top coat layer (4) comprising at least partially cross-linked polyurethane and the polymeric adhesive layer (2) between a polymeric top coat layer (4) and a polymeric adhesive layer (2). The partially cross-linked polyurethane is a reaction product of a composition comprising a first part and a second part, wherein: the first part comprises between 0.1 and 99.9 wt. % of solvent- or waterborne thermally curable polyurethane precursor material, as based on the total weight of said composition; and the second part comprises between 0.1 and 99.9 wt. % of UV-curable polyurethane precursor material, as based on the total weight of said composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Hugues Vandeparre, Regis Barbieux, Jean-Christophe Minor
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Patent number: 12245919Abstract: Provided herein are adhesive compositions comprising: 1) at least one adhesive of an alcohol-functionalized acrylic adhesive, an alcohol-functionalized silicone adhesive, a carboxyl-functionalized acrylic adhesive, and a carboxyl-functionalized silicone adhesive, 2) at least one phase-separated hydrophilic material, and 3) at least one bioactive compound. At least one bioactive compound may comprise an antimicrobial agent. The adhesive compositions can quickly release an antimicrobial agent and cause the rapid onset of antimicrobial effects. Also provided are adhesive products and methods using the disclosed adhesive composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Neal Carty, Jilin Zhang
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Patent number: 12235475Abstract: Provided herein is flexible retroreflective sheeting that includes an emboss layer having retroreflective elements, a backing layer and/or metallized layer in contact with the retroreflective elements, and an interleaf layer sandwiched between two adhesive layers. The tensile and color properties of the layers of the construction allow the sheeting to be particularly useful as a label for articles, e.g., traffic safety devices, subject to crushing or bending. Also provided are methods and articles including the provided sheeting.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventor: Chieh-Wen Chen
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Patent number: 12187922Abstract: Provided herein is a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) comprising two different acrylate polymers and a metal chelating agent to produce the PSA. The PSAs produced according to the methods described herein can be used under a broad range of working temperatures, i.e., from ?99° C. to 40° C., e.g., ?40° C. to 37° C. These PSAs demonstrate optimal tack and cohesiveness and/or resistance to warm water bath, when affixed to substrates.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Ke Zhao, Yurun Yang
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Patent number: 12173200Abstract: A label assembly includes a label print layer with enhanced tensile, tear, and/or stiffness properties. The enhanced property or properties may be achieved by including a reinforcement layer, including a reinforcement material in the adhesive layer, and/or modifying the facestock layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Farminder Anand, Lauren Kalb
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Patent number: 12173171Abstract: UV-LED ink composition compositions containing a matrix or binder system, one or more colorants, and one or more photo-initiators. In some embodiments, the matrix or binder system is cured using one or more UV-LED sources. In some embodiments, the matrix or binder system contains one or more materials that are polymerized, crosslinked, and/or cured upon exposure to the UV-LED source. This allows the ink composition to be free of any organic solvents. After polymerization and/or crosslinking, the ink is dry. UV-LED ink compositions can be better suited for curing black inks, improve/increase productivity due to its instant on/instant off capability, and produce little or no heat. Such compositions may have environmental benefits as well as the curing process does not produce ozone and requires less exhaust air surrounding the press.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Radha Sen, Michael P. Garlock
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Patent number: 12168740Abstract: Hot melt adhesives comprising (i) styrene butadiene copolymer, (ii) olefin block copolymer (OBC), and (iii) water white hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin are described. The adhesives exhibit high optical clarity and are relatively clear over a wide range of temperatures. The adhesives also exhibit good adhesion at cold temperatures. Also described are laminates of the adhesive with polymeric films, such as adhesive labels that can be used in labeling containers. In addition, various goods such as containers labeled using the adhesives are described.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventor: Jarkko T. Pitko
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Patent number: 12163069Abstract: Modification of functional groups along a polymer backbone to render the groups activatable upon exposure to actinic radiation is described. The polymers are typically controlled architecture polymers. Also described are adhesives containing the modified architectured polymers and related methods of use.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Eric L. Bartholomew, William Bottorf, Kyle R. Heimbach, Brandon S. Miller, Michael T. Waterman, Michael Zajaczkowski
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Patent number: 12162300Abstract: Microporous structures in face films are described for improving printability of the films. Also described are laminates and pressure sensitive adhesive laminates including the microporous structured face films. Various related methods are additionally described.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: David Bland, Wen-Li A. Chen, Michael Ramsay, Shanshan Wang
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Patent number: 12109180Abstract: Compositions and methods to produce adhesive articles with active agents concentrated at the substrate contacting surface. The active agents are applied in powder form, or in combination with a liquid or gel vehicle, to the substrate contacting surface of an adhesive layer of an adhesive article. The active agent compositions are directly applied to the adhesive layer, or are first applied to a release liner, which is then brought into contact with the adhesive layer to dispose the active agent compositions to the substrate contacting surface of the adhesive layer. Upon application of the adhesive article to a substrate, the active agent is delivered to a region of interest on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Anna Andrews, Rachel Shi, Anne Marie Wibaux, Emily Berlin
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Patent number: 12109319Abstract: Adhesives comprising rubber, tackifier, oil, and optionally absorbent and active ingredient are described. The adhesives are suitable for medical applications as they are repositionable on skin. Also described are medical articles using the adhesives.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Xianbo Hu, Neal Carty
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Patent number: 12071570Abstract: Provided herein are multilayer tape constructions comprising a damping layer and a bonding layer, wherein the multilayer tape construction effectively dissipates vibrations at low temperatures. The materials and configurations of the layers are selected such that the glass transition temperature of the bonding layer is greater than the glass transition of the damping layer, and the difference between the glass transition temperatures is related to the relative thicknesses of the damping layer and the bonding layer. The multilayer tape constructions may further comprise a carrier layer. Also provided are systems and methods using the disclosed multilayer tape constructions.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Mahesh Ganesan, Henry Milliman, Joseph L. Meckler
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Patent number: 12065598Abstract: Compositions which are well suited for forming into machine direction orientation (MDO) films are described. Multilayer films containing one or more layers of the compositions and/or films are also described. Additionally, label assemblies utilizing the multilayer films, labeled substrates, and related methods are described. Various versions of the multilayer films are described including films having at least two skin layers and an interior core layer. Particular multilayer films are described having polyethylene rich cores.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Christopher J. Blackwell, Sara E. Porosky
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Patent number: 12065588Abstract: Methods for forming melt processable, actinic radiation polymerizable and crosslinkable adhesives are described. In certain versions, the adhesives or pre-adhesive compositions include two initiators and are polymerized and/or crosslinked by exposure to actinic radiation such as UV light or electron beam radiation. Also described are pre-adhesive compositions including polymerizable monomers, articles including the adhesives, and various methods and systems related to the adhesives and their application. In addition, various apparatuses are described for polymerizing or crosslinking the compositions.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Eric L. Bartholomew, William L. Bottorf, Kyle R. Heimbach, Brandon S. Miller, Michael T. Waterman, Michael T. Zajaczkowski, Qiang Luo, Andrew P. Full, Christopher E. Kohler
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Patent number: 12060193Abstract: Multilayer laminates are described which include one or more layers or regions of printed images or graphics captured under an outer adhesive layer. The laminates include two layers of a release coating applied to opposite faces of a support layer. Also described are systems and methods for applying wound rolls of the multilayer laminates to a collection of articles.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Ronald Wiegers, Di Wu
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Patent number: 12049578Abstract: A pressure sensitive hot melt adhesive is provided including at least one olefin block copolymer, a hydrogenated hydrocarbon tackifier, and a plasticizer. The adhesive is free from any oil containing constituents and the pressure sensitive label with the adhesive exhibits desired adhesion performance in low temperature as well as in normal temperature for a host of different substrates. The adhesive also resistant to yellowing, water-whitening and is non-swelling. The adhesive and the label enables recycling in recycling streams when the face material and/or substrate being labeled is also of olefin based material.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Jarkko T. Pitko, Sebastiaan B. Damman
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Patent number: 12036335Abstract: Methods for forming and incorporating microparticles containing one or more active agents into adhesives are described. The methods involve spray drying a liquid of the one or more active agents and obtaining the active agent in a particulate form. The dry powder is then blended or otherwise incorporated with the adhesive of interest. Also described are various medical products utilizing the adhesive and one or more active agents in microparticle form, and related methods of use.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Anne Marie Wibaux, Peter Johnson