US Patent Issued to Continental Carbon on Nov. 4 for "Surface modified carbon black to simultaneously improve rolling resistance, wet traction, and wear resistance" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,083, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Continental Carbon Co. (Houston).

"Surface modified carbon black to simultaneously improve rolling resistance, wet traction, and wear resistance" was invented by Raymond Soufiani (Katy, Texas), Eduardo Vega Jr. (Richmond, Texas), Lashan Madusha Hendavitharanage De Silva (Dickinson, Texas), Frank E. Welsh (Sugar Land, Texas) and Luis P. Chibante (Fredericton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unrefined surface modified low hysteresis carbon black (SMLHCB) product is described herein. The unrefined surface modified low hysteresis carbon black product contains a low hysteresis carbon black ha...