Patent 10570275 was granted and assigned to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company on February, 2020 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising a tread, the tread comprising a rubber composition comprising a diene elastomer, silica, a blocked mercaptosilane, and a low molecular weight polybutadiene functionalized with an alkoxysilane functional group.