US Patent Issued to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN on March 3 for "Rubber composition containing a diene elastomer having carbonate functional groups" (French, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,577, issued on March 3, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Rubber composition containing a diene elastomer having carbonate functional groups" was invented by Sophie Gander (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Adeline Jasselin (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Benoit Schnell (Grenchen, Switzerland) and Francois Jean-Baptiste-Dit-Dominique (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rubber composition contains at least: a reinforcing filler comprising silica, an elastomer comprising units of a 1,3-diene monomer and bearing carbonate functions that are each present in a 1,3-dioxo...