ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,231, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ENEOS Materials Corp. (Tokyo).

"Silane coupling agent composition and rubber composition comprising same" was invented by Makoto Ashiura (Tokyo), Keisuke Chino (Tokyo), Yusuke Matsuo (Tokyo), Toshiyuki Tsutsumi (Tokyo) and Keitaro Iwasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a silane coupling agent composition with which it is possible to obtain a rubber composition having excellent scorch resistance and a crosslinked product of a rubber composition having excellent viscoelastic properties. The silane coupling agent composition of the invention includes a silane compound and a protei...