Tires require special rubber compounding. (RDC 9/8/2009) 

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To get to the abstract or article, copy the citation and paste it into favorite search engine (ex. Google). The date is the date the entry was found. 7/7/2009 7,557,151 Rubber composition comprising an itaconimidomaleimide 5/19/2009 7,534,828 Pneumatic tire having a rubber component containing N, N'-(m-phenylene) bismaleamic acid 5/12/2009 7,531,596 Rubber composition containing antidegradant and MIBK adsorbing activated carbon, and pneumatic tire with component 7,531,589 Rubber composition for breaker cushion and tire using the same

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As the literature is reviewed, and items of interest concerning this topic are found. These may be added in an abbreviated form with the reference. Readers and contributors are invited to add their own notes. Contributors may add them directly and other readers can simply send their notes to the editor, Roger Corneliussen at rcorneliussen@4spe.org. He may edit and add them to this page at his discretion.