ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,957, issued on July 14, was assigned to TOYO TIRE Corp. (Itami, Japan).

"Rubber composition for tires and tire" was invented by Keisuke Mogari (Itami, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rubber composition for tires according to an embodiment includes, per 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of a terpene-based resin containing an Alpha-pinene unit and a Beta-pinene unit, and 1 to 30 parts by mass of vegetable granules having an average particle size of 0.1 to 500 micro metre."

The patent was filed on March 29, 2023, under Application No. 18/127,951.

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