ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,175, issued on April 14, was assigned to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA (Zaventem, Belgium).

"Tire tread with three sipe levels and tire" was invented by Antonio Tirone (Rome), Guido Piscopo (Rome) and Giuseppe Delli Castelli (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a tread for tires. In particular, it refers to a tread that has a sipe geometry with 3 levels."

The patent was filed on July 28, 2021, under Application No. 18/013,473.

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