ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,244, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Pneumatic tire" was invented by Shunsuke Ito (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic tire is provided with a mark portion raised from a surface of at least one of side portions. A first region demarcated on the mark portion side of a boundary position between the mark portion and the surface of the at least one of the side portions is provided with a plurality of micro protrusions each having a raised height smaller than a raised height of the mark portion and a second region demarcated on the surface-of-the-at-least-one-of-the-sid...