US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on June 9 for "Method of milling rubber composition having graphene and liquid rubber" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,832, issued on June 9, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Method of milling rubber composition having graphene and liquid rubber" was invented by Frederic Vautard (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved rubber composition and method to create the improved rubber composition is achieved by milling reduced graphene oxide ("RGO") in liquid rubber to induce a reduction of bulk density of the reduced graphene oxide while maintaining dispersibility in rubber without using a solvent-based process resulting in an industrially scalable process and an improved rubber ...