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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terrence E. Hogan, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
James A. Krom, Cleveland, OH (US);
James E. Hall, Mogadore, OH (US);
Xiaorong Wang, Akron, OH (US);
Peyman Pakdel, Akron, OH (US);
William L. Hergenrother, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 5/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 5/100 ;
Abstract
A composition comprising an elastomer, a filler, and a comb-like polymer, the comb-like polymer comprising a backbone and a plurality of side chains, the backbone having a length greater than or equal to the entanglement length, the side chains having a length greater than about 33% of the entanglement length, the backbone including at least one side chain per entanglement length, and the comb-like polymer having a T of less than −5° C.