ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,704, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ELKEM SILICONES FRANCE SAS (Saint-Fons, France).

"Method for vulcanizing a green tire using an organopolysiloxane-based mold release agent lubricant composition" was invented by Michel Feder (Vienne, France) and Stefan Breunig (Villette de Vienne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is described for vulcanizing a green tire using an organopolysiloxane-based mold release agent lubricant composition. Also described, is an organopolysiloxane-based mold release agent lubricant composition."

The patent was filed on Dec. 18, 2020, under Application No. 17/787,574.

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