ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,493, issued on May 12, was assigned to Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH (Hannover, Germany).

"Tire tread for a tire and tire and curing mould to manufacture a tire tread" was invented by Mario Korbas (Predmier, Slovak Republic), Ronald Daries (Charlotte, N.C.) and Jens Kleffmann (Hannover, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire tread (100) for a tire (101) comprising, a top side (10) configured to engage a ground surface during tire operation, a bottom side (20) configured for attachment to a tire carcass (105), a tread thickness (40) extending from the bottom side (20) to the top side (10) along a radial direction (R), a fi...