ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,979, issued on May 20, was assigned to THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (Akron, Ohio).
"Diene-based elastomer and a rubber composition" was invented by Marc Weydert (Bertrange, Luxembourg), Suzanne Michelle Balko (Konz, Germany), Felipe Nunes Linhares (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg), Roberto Quintana Vicente (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg), Reiner Dieden (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg) and Vincent Berthe (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a benzoxazine-functionalized diene-based elastomer comprising polymer chains including repeat units which include conjugated diolefin mo...