ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,292, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
"Tire incorporating a rubber composition including a specific hydrocarbon resin" was invented by Fabien Bonnette (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Laurent Copey (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Benoit De Gaudemaris (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Olivier J. F. Georjon (Uccle, Belgium), Derek W. Thurman (Friendswood, Texas), Ranjan Tripathy (Sugar Land, Texas) and Alain Hut (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are tires comprising a rubber composition based on at least an elastomer and a hydrocarbon ...