ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,976, issued on April 29, was assigned to THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (Akron, Ohio).
"Tire comprising a dual-layer tread" was invented by Christian Jean-Marie Kaes (Schrondweiler, Luxembourg), Steve Ludwig (Butzbach, Germany), Anna Katharina Bier (Hanau, Germany), Gary Terence Barrett (West Midlands, Great Britain), Bjoern Springer (Bruchkobel, Germany), Richard Cox (Birmingham, Great Britain) and Kimia Ekramzadeh (Hanau, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to pneumatic tires comprising a dual-layer tread made of a first layer comprising a first tread compound having a first tread property and a ...