PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15944239
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["524", "505000"]

Abstract:
Modified thermoplastic hydrocarbon thermoplastic resins are provided, as well as methods of their manufacture and uses thereof in rubber compositions. The modified thermoplastic resins are modified by decreasing the relative quantity of the dimer, trimer, tetramer, and pentamer oligomers as compared to the corresponding unmodified thermoplastic resin polymers, resulting in a product that exhibits a greater shift in the glass transition temperature of the elastomer(s) used in tire formulations. This translates to better viscoelastic predictors of tire tread performance, such as wet grip and rolling resistance. The modified thermoplastic resins impart remarkable properties on various rubber compositions, such as tires, belts, hoses, brakes, and the like. Automobile tires incorporating the modified thermoplastic resins are shown to possess excellent results in balancing the properties of rolling resistance, tire wear, snow performance, and wet braking performance.

Claim (Index 19):
The composition of  claim 11 , wherein the polymer is one or more of natural rubber, synthetic polyisoprene, natural polyisoprene, styrene-butadiene copolymer, solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene (S SBR), emulsion-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (ESBR), butadiene rubber (BR), halobutyl rubber, bromobutyl rubber, chlorobutyl rubber, nitrile rubber, liquid rubbers, polynorbornene copolymer, isoprene-isobutylene copolymer, ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, chloroprene rubber, acrylate rubber, fluorine rubber, silicone rubber, polysulfide rubber, epichlorohydrin rubber, styrene-isoprene-butadiene terpolymer, hydrated acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, isoprene-butadiene copolymer, butyl rubber, hydrogenated styrene-butadiene rubber, butadiene acrylonitrile rubber, a terpolymer formed from ethylene monomers, propylene monomers, and/or ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM), isoprene-based block copolymers, butadiene-based block copolymers, styrenic block copolymers, styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS), styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene block copolymer (SEBS), styrene-[ethylene-(ethylene/propylene)]-styrene block copolymer (SEEPS), styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer (SIS), random styrenic copolymers, hydrogenated styrenic block copolymers, styrene butadiene copolymers, polyisobutylene, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) polymers, polyolefins, amorphous polyolefins, semi-crystalline polyolefins, alpha-polyolefins, reactor-ready polyolefins, acrylates, metallocene-catalyzed polyolefin polymers and elastomers, reactor-made thermoplastic polyolefin elastomers, olefin block copolymer, co-polyester block copolymer, polyurethane block copolymer, polyamide block copolymer, thermoplastic polyolefins, thermoplastic vulcanizates, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene n-butyl acrylate copolymer, ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer, neoprene, acrylics, urethane, poly(acrylate), ethylene acrylic acid copolymer, polyether ether ketone, polyamide, atactic polypropylene, polyethylene including atactic polypropylene, ethylene-propylene polymers, propylene-hexene polymers, ethylene-butene polymers, ethylene octene polymers, propylene-butene polymers, propylene-octene polymers, metallocene-catalyzed polypropylene polymers, metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene polymers, ethylene-propylene-butylene terpolymers, copolymers produced from propylene, ethylene, C 4 -C 10  alpha-olefin monomers, polypropylene polymers, maleated polyolefins, polyester copolymers, copolyester polymers, ethylene acrylic acid copolymer, and/or polyvinyl acetate;\n wherein the polymer optionally comprises a modification and/or functionalization selected from one or more of hydroxyl-, ethoxy-, epoxy-, siloxane-, amine-, aminesiloxane-, carboxy-, phthalocyanine-, and silane-sulfide-groups, at the polymer chain ends or pendant positions within the polymer; and/or wherein the modified thermoplastic resin is obtained by modification of pure monomer thermoplastic resin (PMR), C5 thermoplastic resin, C5/C9 thermoplastic resin, C9 thermoplastic resin, terpene thermoplastic resin, indene-coumarone (IC) thermoplastic resin, dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) thermoplastic resin, hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated pure monomer (PMR) thermoplastic resin, hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated C5 thermoplastic resin, hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated C5/C9 thermoplastic resin, hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated C9 thermoplastic resin, hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) thermoplastic resin, terpene thermoplastic resin, modified indene-coumarone (IC) thermoplastic resin, or a mixture thereof.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7931
- Patent Class: 524.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10761174', '10359907', '14973372', '10672675', '10453993']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8425782492544166
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5094554005997186
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8092659643889468
- Mean Citation Score: 288.14003999999994
- Max Citation Score: 298.92917
- Similarity Product: 201.05490478283824

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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