ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,082, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Dynasol Elastomeros S.A. de C.V. (Altamira, Mexico).

"Counter tapered thermoplastic elastomers" was invented by Sergio Alberto Moctezuma Espiricueto (Tampico, Mexico), Mariana Diaz Vejo (Santander, Spain), Gabriela Elizabeth Blanco Reyes (Tampico, Mexico), Gabriel Hernandez Zamora (Tampico, Mexico), Jesus Eduardo Ibarra Rodriguez (Tampico, Mexico) and Jessica Nolasco Santiago (Altamira, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A counter tapered diblock copolymer composition comprises a monovinyl aromatic monomer A polymerized with a conjugated diene monomer B to form the structure A-[A/B], where the...