US Patent Issued to Sumitomo Rubber Industries on July 21 for "Plasticizer, composition, and tire" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,733, issued on July 21, was assigned to Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Plasticizer, composition, and tire" was invented by Shoko Nakahata (Kobe, Japan), Kensuke Washizu (Kobe, Japan) and Shuichiro Ono (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides plasticizers, compositions, and tires which can vary tire performance in response to temperature changes. The present invention relates to a plasticizer for resins and/or elastomers, containing a group that changes hydrophilicity with changes in temperature."

The patent was filed on April 27, 2020, under Application No. 17/594,956.

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