H.b. Fuller Licensing & Financing Inc.

The Dow Chemical Company

Michael S Keehr

Deepak R Parikh

David B Malcolm

William L Bunnelle

Jeffrey S Lindquist

Selim Yalvac

Mark S Kroll

Malcolm F Finlayson

Thomas F Kauffman

Cynthia L Rickey

Eugene R Simmons

Thomas H Quinn

David R Speth

Kevin W McKay

Keith C Knutson

Janelle C Cameron

Beth M Eichler-Johnson

Jimmy D Allen

Disclosed are adhesives and processes for preparing the same, comprising at least one first homogeneous ethylene/&#x3b1;-olefin interpolymer, and optionally at least one tackifier, and optionally at least one plasticizer. The claimed adhesives are useful as adhesives such as are employed in various applications, such as in masking tape, clear office tape, labels, decals, bandages, decorative and protective sheets (such as shelf and drawer liners), floor tiles, sanitary napkin/incontinence device placement strips, sun control films, the joining of gaskets to automobile windows, packaging, bookbinding, construction of nonwoven articles, and insulation bonding.

Adhesives comprising olefin polymers

A hot melt adhesive composition comprising a) from about 5 wt-% to about 50 wt-% of at least one homogeneous linear or substantially linear ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer characterized as having a density from 0.850 to 0.965 g/cm ; b) from about 1 wt-% to about 40 wt-% of at least one block copolymer; and c) from about 10 wt-% to about 75 wt-% of at least one tackifying resin wherein said adhesive does not fail cohesively.

Hot melt adhesive composition comprising homogeneous ethylene interpolymer and block copolymer

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Blaine, MN, United States of America

Michael S Keehr