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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Ralf Mruk, Lipperscheid, LU;
Frank Schmitz, Bissen, LU;
Robert Fokko Roskamp, Trier, DE;
Alexandra Hermann, Mainz, DE;
Rudolf Wilhelm Zentel, Nierstein, DE;
Inventors:
Ralf Mruk, Lipperscheid, LU;
Frank Schmitz, Bissen, LU;
Robert Fokko Roskamp, Trier, DE;
Alexandra Hermann, Mainz, DE;
Rudolf Wilhelm Zentel, Nierstein, DE;
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 299/00 (2006.01); C08G 81/02 (2006.01); C08F 279/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 81/022 (2013.01); C08F 279/02 (2013.01); C08F 2438/03 (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 diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and polymeric sidechains bonded to the backbone chain, the sidechains comprising a polymer capable of exhibiting a lower critical solution temperature (LCST).