US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations on Sept. 9 for "Modified high-Cis polybutadiene polymer, related methods and rubber compositions" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,263, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Modified high-Cis polybutadiene polymer, related methods and rubber compositions" was invented by Jeffrey A. Cicerchi (Akron, Ohio), Terrence E. Hogan (Uniontown, Ohio) and James J. Kuhel Jr. (Stow, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are a process for preparing a modified high-cis polybutadiene polymer, a modified high-cis polybutadiene polymer, and tire components made using the modified high-cis polybutadiene polymer. The processes make use of a functionalizing compound of formula (I) to prepare the modified high...