US Patent Issued to Bridgestone on Nov. 25 for "System and method for polymer synthesis, rubber formulation, and characterization" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,964, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Bridgestone Corp. (Chuo-ku, Japan).

"System and method for polymer synthesis, rubber formulation, and characterization" was invented by Timothy L. Tartamella (Boston Heights, Ohio), Bret Chisholm (North Canton, Ohio) and Mindaugas Rackaitis (Hudson, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for rubber formulating and characterizing, the method comprising (i) providing a plurality of rubber samples including at least three rubber samples each contained within a container; (ii) introducing a compounding additive to at least one of the samples within the plurality of rubber samples to thereby f...