US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations on Sept. 16 for "Oil-containing rubber compositions and related methods" (Ohio, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,909, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Oil-containing rubber compositions and related methods" was invented by Priyavardhana Srinivasan (Akron, Ohio), Amy M. Randall (Brentwood, Tenn.), Justin J. Styer (Cortland, Ohio) and Lawrence T. Rittman (Canton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are rubber compositions comprising bio-oil produced by a recombinant cell. Also disclosed are methods of controlling the variability of fatty acid content in bio-oil containing rubber compositions or tires comprising at least one component incorporating the bio-oil conta...