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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Applicant:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Inventors:
Arindam Mazumdar, Stow, OH (US);
Frank James Feher, Copley, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 51/04 (2006.01); C08F 8/00 (2006.01); C08L 9/00 (2006.01); C08F 36/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 36/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a copolymer comprising: a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diolefin monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and a polymeric side-chain bonded exclusively to a terminal end of the backbone chain, the side-chain comprising a polymer derived from a monomer having a hydrogen bond donor moiety and a hydrogen bond acceptor moiety.