US Patent Issued to ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology on April 22 for "Tires comprising rubber compounds that comprise propylene-Alpha-olefin-diene polymers" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,221, issued on April 22, was assigned to ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Co. (Baytown, Texas).

"Tires comprising rubber compounds that comprise propylene-Alpha-olefin-diene polymers" was invented by Eric J. Wamsley (Baytown, Texas), Babu Shanmugasundaram (Chennai, India), Zhifeng Bai (Houston), Sushil K. Mandot (Houston), Sunny Jacob (Seabrook, Texas) and Milind B. Joshi (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rubber compounds that comprise rubber and propylene-a-olefin-diene (PE(D)M) polymers may be useful in tire-related articles (e.g., tire sidewalls, inner tubes, and innerliners). Such a rubber compound may comprise: ...