ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,466, issued on March 25, was assigned to NIPPON SODA Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Fluororubber composition containing epoxidized polybutadiene" was invented by Izumi Tando (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluororubber composition contains 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of an epoxidized polybutadiene with respect to 100 parts by weight of a fluororubber. As the fluororubber, a vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene copolymer (FKM), a tetrafluoroethylene-propylene-based copolymer (FEPM), a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether-based copolymer (FFKM), or the like is exemplified. The fluororubber composition may further contain...