US Patent Issued to Bridgestone, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations on April 1 for "Modified high-cis polybutadiene polymer, related methods and tire components" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,232, issued on April 1, was assigned to Bridgestone Corp. (Chuo-ku, Japan) and Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Modified high-cis polybutadiene polymer, related methods and tire components" was invented by Ryan J. Hue (Akron, Ohio), Laura S. Kocsis (Akron, Ohio), Terrence E. Hogan (Uniontown, Ohio) and Jeffrey A. Cicerchi (Akron, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein area process for preparing a modified high-cis polybutadiene polymer, a modified high-cis polybutadiene polymer, and tires having a component made using the modified high-cis polybutadiene polymer. The processes make use of a f...