ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,803, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA (Zaventem, Belgium).

"Application system and method for applying a sealing agent to the inner surface of a pneumatic tire" was invented by Roberto Pontone (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An application system and method for applying a sealing agent to the inner surface of a pneumatic tire comprises: a support device operable for rotating the pneumatic tire around an axis of rotation; a dispensing head operable to be arranged inside the pneumatic tire in order to apply a layer of sealing agent to the inner surface of the pneumatic tire itself; a main extrusion device ...