3M Innovative Properties Company

Gregory B Gadbois

Robert D Waid

Panu K Zoller

Dennis L Krueger

Patrick Darby Hyde

Jay M Jennen

Douglas A Devens, Jr

Kenneth Jason Hanley

Richard A Kollaja

James D LaPerre

James D Laperre

Kenneth J Hanley

Pressure sensitive adhesive compositions containing 92 to 99.9 parts of a block copolymer adhesive composition and 0.1 to less than 8 parts of an acrylic adhesive composition are described. Tapes including such adhesives, and methods of making such tapes are also described.

Blends of block copolymer and acrylic adhesives

Pressure sensitive adhesives comprising a linear block copolymer having a rubbery block and at least one glassy block; a multi-arm block copolymer having at least three arms, each having both a rubbery block and a glassy block; a first high glass transition temperature tackifier compatible with the rubbery blocks; a second high glass transition temperature tackifier having compatible with the glassy blocks; and at least one of a low Tg tackifier, a plasticizer, and combinations thereof, are disclosed. Tapes that include such adhesive, methods of making such tapes, and bonded composites using such adhesives and tapes are also disclosed.

Block copolymer blend adhesives with multiple tackifiers

The present invention provides unified multilayer films having at least one internal layer that includes a pressure sensitive adhesive material. Preferably, multilayer films of the present invention are no greater than about 250 micrometers (.mu.m) thick. In particularly preferred embodiments of the present invention, multilayer films include layers that include a pressure sensitive adhesive material alternating with layers that include a material that is not a pressure sensitive adhesive. In other preferred embodiments, multilayer films include alternating layers of different pressure sensitive adhesive materials.

Multilayer films having pressure sensitive adhesive layers

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Woodville, WI, United States of America

Gregory B Gadbois