US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations on July 29 for "Resin-extended rubber and process for preparing" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,558, issued on July 29, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Resin-extended rubber and process for preparing" was invented by Benjamin C. Galizio (Kent, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are processes for preparing a resin-extended rubber by mixing at least one thermoplastic resin with a resin-rubber-solvent cement comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer-containing rubber and the resin-extended rubber resulting from such processes. Also disclosed is a resin-extended rubber-solvent-cement comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer-containing rubber, at least on...