ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,196, issued on May 12, was assigned to DENKA COMPANY Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Rubber composition, vulcanized object obtained from said rubber composition, and vulcanized molded object obtained from said rubber composition" was invented by Atsunori Kondo (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rubber composition, by which a vulcanizate having excellent vulcanization speed, abrasion resistance and low temperature rise can be obtained, is provided. A rubber composition including 100 parts by mass of a chloroprene-based rubber, 20 to 80 parts by mass of silica, 1 part by mass or more and less than 20 parts by mass of a hydrate, and 0.3 to 1.4 parts...