Patent ID: 11926688
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC C  B  G | IPC B  C  G

Claim 5:
6. The process of claim 1, wherein at least one of the following is met:
(i) the diene polymer chain comprises monomers selected from at least one of: acyclic and cyclic dienes having 3 to about 15 carbon atoms;
(ii) the polyfunctionalized diene monomer-containing polymer has a Tg of about −105 to about −10° C.;
(iii) the diene polymer chain comprises monomers selected from at least one of: 1,3-butadiene, isoprene, 1,3-pentadiene, 1,3-hexadiene, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene, 2-ethyl-1,3-butadiene, 2-methyl-1,3-pentadiene, 3-methyl-1,3-pentadiene, 4-methyl-1,3-pentadiene, 2,4-hexadiene, 1,3-cyclopentadiene, 1,3-cyclohexadiene, 1,3-cycloheptadiene, 1,3-cyclooctadiene, farnescene, and substituted derivatives of each of the foregoing; or
(iv) in addition to (ii) above the diene polymer chain further comprises at least one vinyl aromatic monomer.