Patent ID: 9540502
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: C08F,C08L

Claim:
1. A method for increasing the wet traction of a rubber composition, the method comprising incorporating 5-100 phr of at least one polymer or copolymer containing a styrene monomer with 50% to 100% modern carbon atoms into the rubber composition, wherein either: a. wet traction is increased by about 10% or more while maintaining or decreasing rolling resistance as compared to a control rubber composition that replaces the modern carbon-containing polymer or copolymer with a polymer or copolymer containing no modern carbon atoms; or b. wet traction is increased by more than 50% and rolling resistance is increased by less than 50% as compared to a control rubber composition that replaces the modern carbon-containing polymer or copolymer with a polymer or copolymer containing no modern carbon atoms.