ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,968, issued on July 8, was assigned to THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (Akron, Ohio).
"Sustainable tire" was invented by Marine Sophie Francoise Wassen (Mersch, Luxembourg), Jean-Noel Marsat (Hagen, Luxembourg), Karmena Izabela Anyfantaki (Helmsange, Luxembourg), Luisa Fernanda Munoz Mejia (Troine, Luxembourg), Bartosz Zielinski (Steinsel, Luxembourg), Robert Vincent Dennis-Pelcher (Uniontown, Ohio) and Justin Yinket Che (Wadsworth, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire having a tread comprising a tread rubber composition comprising from 10 phr to 100 phr of styrene butadiene rubber comprising monomers selected from one or mor...