US Patent Issued to Bridgestone on Dec. 30 for "Functionalized hydrogenated interpolymer with non-hydrogenated segment" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,556, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Bridgestone Corp. (Chuo-ku, Japan).

"Functionalized hydrogenated interpolymer with non-hydrogenated segment" was invented by Yuan Liu (Akron, Ohio), Ryan Hue (Akron, Ohio), Laura S. Kocsis (Akron, Ohio), Walter A. Salamant (Akron, Ohio) and Jeffrey M. Magistrelli (Akron, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A functionalized macromolecule includes a hydrogenated interpolymer portion, a non-hydrogenated polymer portion, and the radical of a functional coupling agent covalently bonded to and linking those portions. The functional group of the coupling agent exhibits interactivity with silica. The i...