ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,895, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Rubber composition" was invented by Yasufumi Nakashima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rubber composition based on at least an elastomer matrix, a carbon black, a silica, a silane coupling agent and short fibers, wherein the amount in phr of the silica is higher than that of the carbon black, wherein the amount of the silane coupling agent is more than 0.0% and less than 5.0% by weight per 100% by weight of the silica, wherein the amount of the short fibers is more than 0.0 phr and less than 5.0 phr and wherein ...