ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,695, issued on April 21, was assigned to PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A. (Milan).
"High-performance tyre" was invented by Luca Giannini (Milan), Silvia Guerra (Milan), Antonio Proto (Fisciano, Italy), Carmine Capacchione (Fisciano, Italy), David Hermann Lamparelli (Fisciano, Italy) and Veronica Paradiso (Fisciano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a tyre for vehicle wheels, in particular automobile wheels, characterised by a tread comprising at least one iso-styrene/trans-butadiene/terpene random terpolymer. Said tread is characterised by a greater tear resistance and a greater grip of the tyre to the roadbed...