Patent ID: 8916485

Claim:
A pressure sensitive adhesive comprising the reaction product of: (a) from about 25 to about 95 parts by weight of at least one acrylic acid ester of a monohydric alcohol whose homopolymer has a T g less than 0° C., (b) from 0 to about 75 parts by weight of at least one additional ethylenically unsaturated monomer (c) about 35 parts by weight of at least one polar ethylenically unsaturated monomer with the generic structure of Formula I where in the structure of Formula I R 1 =H or CH 3 X=O or N R 2 =Formula II wherein R 4 is a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, chloromethyl, methylol, phenyl, methoxyphenyl, methoxybutyl, and methoxyallyl; P is an integer of from about 0 to 3, q is an integer of from 1 to 3; R 3 is an unsaturated divalent alkyl or substituted alkyl group of from 2-4 carbon atoms or a saturated or unsaturated divalent carbocyclic aliphatic ring of from 4-9 carbon atoms, and preferably 5-6 carbon atoms; and A is a member selected from the group consisting of O, NH, or NR 1 where R 1 is previously defined.