ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,552, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Polymeric composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer with butadiene and styrene blocks and a compatible plasticizer" was invented by Mathilde Abad (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Nathalie Coste (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Guillaume Espy (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Severin Dronet (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Kahina Mammeri (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymer composition comprises: a) at least one block thermoplastic elastomer comprising at least one elastomer block and at least one th...