ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,499, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A. (Milan).

"Tyre for vehicle wheels" was invented by Davide Dall'Abaco (Milan), Luigia Rossiello (Milan), Marco Pozzoli (Milan) and Davide Lupo Conti (Rome, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a tyre comprising a carcass structure, a tread band, a pair of sidewalls and at least one colored decorative element having a thickness equal to or greater than 200 micro metre applied by co-vulcanization on at least one side of the pair of sidewalls, wherein the pair of sidewalls comprises an elastomeric composition comprising (i) at least one diene elas...