Patent ID: RE43951

Claim:
An adhesive composition comprising an amount of an adhesive and an amount of at least one additive, wherein the additive comprises: a. at least one homopolymer of an α,β-unsaturated monocarboxylic acrylic acid having 3-5 carbon atoms, which corresponds to formula I: CH 2 ═ CH CR —COOH formula I wherein R is a substituent selected from the group of H, monovalent alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl radicals, monovalent cyclo alkyl radicals, alkoxy, haloalkyl, cyanoalkyl containing 1 to 9 carbon atoms, b. or at least one copolymer thereof with at least one alkyl acrylate represented by formula II CH 2 ═CR′—CO—OR″ formula II in which R′ is selected from the group of H, methyl, ethyl and with an additive where R″ is a C 10 -C 30 alkyl group, the at least one homo- or copolymer being cross-linked with a cross-linking agent which is a polyfunctional alkylalkylene or a polyfunctional alkyalkylidene alkylalkylidene or a polyfunctional vinylidene monomer containing at least two terminal methylene CH 2 ═C groups, and the cross-linked homo- or copolymer having a molecular weight of between 0.05 billion _ - Dalton-100 billion Dalton.