ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,847, issued on June 9, was assigned to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA (Zaventem, Belgium).
"Rubber composition, rubber product and tire" was invented by Claudia Aurisicchio (Rome), Alessandra Calzetta (Rome) and Raffaele Di Ronza (Rome).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides rubber compositions suitable for tyre manufacture comprising a functionalised polymer and a functionalised silica."
The patent was filed on March 4, 2021, under Application No. 17/911,864.
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