Hoechst Celanese Corporation

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Ticona Gmbh

Other

Topas Advanced Polymers Gmbh

Pactiv Corporation

American Hoechst Corporation

Randy Douglas Jester

John Arthur Penoyer

Toshiaki Sato

Minoru Onodera

Detlef M Frank

Dominick L Cangiano

Takeichi Tsudaka

Ronald N DeMartino

James E Kuder

Tohei Moritani

Douglas Duane Roth

Robert M Kimmel

Detlef K Frank

Sherman Hall Rounsville

Edwin Charles Culbertson

Arnold E Wolf

William P Belias

H Clay Linstid, Iii

Vincent J Provino

Toru Sanefuji

Paul N Chen

Barbara Canale-Schmidt

Leonard R Garrett, Deceased

Takeichi Tsugaka

The present invention relates to polymer structures such as thermoplastic films having improved aroma barrier properties and methods for making the polymeric structures, which may be in the form of a resealable container. Aroma barrier is improved by incorporating a barrier layer of polymeric material including at least about 10 mole percent of polymerized cyclo-olefin moieties.

Thermoplastic aroma barrier incorporating cyclo-olefins

The present invention relates to a heat-sealable film which consists essentially of a cycloolefin copolymer (COC), the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the COC being within the range from 30 to 55&#xb0; C. The film or sheet has excellent low temperature heat-sealing properties and processing characteristics. The film may be free standing or laminated to other thermoplastic polymer film or films at low temperatures. Alternatively, a COC polymer with Tg in the range 30 to 55&#xb0; C. may be coextruded with other thermoplastic polymer or polymer films in a coextrusion process to form a heat sealable film. The film of the invention is suitable for packing foods or other consumable items.

Cycloolefin copolymer heat sealable films

A melt-blended polyethylene/COP composition suitable for making optically clear films with low coefficients of friction includes from about 70 to about 98 weight percent of a polyethylene resin and from about 2 to about 25 weight percent of a first COP resin component, the first COP resin component having a weight average molecular weight of from about 0.5 kg/mol to about 50 kg/mol and being present in an amount effective to increase the relative slip value of films made from the composition as compared with a like film made from the polyethylene resin alone.

High clarity, low friction polyethylene compositions for films

A method and apparatus providing improved Christmas tree lights. A strand of Christmas tree lights is encapsulated in a thin translucent film of polymer.

Film encapsulated strand of lights

The present invention relates to a stretchable blend comprising a stretchable liquid crystal polymer and a thermoplastic. These stretchable blends can be stretched at the same temperature range as many conventional thermoplastics. During a post orientation process, such as fiber or film stretching, the stretchable liquid crystal polymer can stretch and deform along with the thermoplastic matrix maintaining adhesion between the liquid crystal polymer domains and the thermoplastic matrix thereby improving the physical properties of the oriented article.

Blends of stretchable liquid crystal polymers with thermoplastics

Multilayer laminates including films, sheets, preforms, containers and other articles having at least one wholly aromatic, amorphous, stretchable liquid crystalline polymer layer with at least one non-polyester thermoplastic polymer layer are provided as well as methods for producing and stretching the multilayer articles. The laminates are suitable for thermoforming and stretch blow molding applications and may be stretched at temperatures lower than the molten state of the liquid crystal polymer and at high total draw ratios without fractures or tears. Containers suitable for food or beverage products may be produced from the laminates.

Multilayer laminate formed from a substantially stretched non-molten wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polymer and non-polyester thermoplastic polymer

A stretchable liquid crystal polymer having recurring units derived from p-hydroxybenzoic acid, 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, at least one aromatic diacid and at least one aromatic diol and/or hydroxyamine component, at least a portion of which is 4,4&prime;-biphenol, and one or more aromatic monomers that provide the polymers with selected 1,3-(meta-) linkages. Stretchable polymers are especially suitable for multilayer laminates and bicomponent fibers.

Stretchable polymers and shaped articles produced by same

Multilayer laminates including films, sheets, preforms, containers and other articles having at least one wholly aromatic, amorphous, stretchable liquid crystalline polymer layer with at least one non-liquid crystalline thermoplastic polyester layer are provided as well as methods for producing and stretching the multilayer articles. The laminates are suitable for thermoforming and stretch blow molding applications and may be stretched to at least 100 percent elongation at temperatures below 200&deg; C. and at high total draw ratios without fractures or tears. Containers suitable for food or beverage products may be produced from the laminates.

Multilayer laminate formed from a substantially stretched non-molten wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polymer and non-liquid crystalline polyester and method for forming same

The surface of an aromatic liquid crystalline polyester film is modified to have improved adhesion by: (a) applying an adhesion-promoting coating to the film; (b) subsequently heating the film to a temperature above the melting point of the polyester; and, (c) applying pressure to the heated film. Preferably, the film is placed between two portions of a release film (e.g. a polyimide) prior to applying pressure.

Process for surface modification of an LCP film

This invention discloses laminates comprising dyed liquid crystalline polymer based polarizers in the middle with a non-peelable, non-liquid crystalline polymeric cover layers, prepared by a process of coextrusion. The laminates are suitable to prepare liquid crystal display devices therefrom. An illustrative laminate comprises a dyed liquid crystal polymer as the polarizing film with polyethylene terephthalate as the cover layers.

Polarizer laminates comprising coextruded liquid crystal polymer

A film having a roughened surface. The film is made of an LCP and has surface recessions covering at least about 25% of the area of the surface. The film is made by pressing an embossing means against the film surface at a temperature about 15.degree.-75.degree. C. below the melting point of the polymer. The embossed film has improved resistance to abrasion.

LCP films having roughened surface and process therefor

A process for producing LCP films that have improved tear resistance, improved balance of physical properties, and relatively wrinkle-free surfaces. An annular co-extrusion die is used to line the LCP with one or more surface layers of a nonadherent polymer before the LCP becomes shear oriented. The multi-layer tube formed by the co-extrusion is sealed, stretched and cooled by passing it over a sizing mandrel. The tube is slit open into a flat configuration.

Thin LCP film process

This invention discloses laminates comprising a liquid crystal polymer film inside and non-adherent, non-liquid crystalline polymer film on the outside, prepared by a process of coextrusion. Delamination of the outside layers yields a liquid crystal polymer film of superior surface quality. The invention is particularly suitable for preparing liquid crystal polymer-based polarizers with improved surface quality.

Laminates comprising coextruded liquid crystal polymer films and

The invention provides a multilayer microelectronic circuit board including a laminate of a plurality of circuit layers containing conductive vias within the layers or a combination of conductive vias and conductive wiring patterns on a surface of the layers, the layers comprising a first liquid crystal polymer and, interposed between said circuit layers, a layer of second liquid crystal polymer having a melting point of at least about 10.degree. C. lower than the melting point of the first liquid crystal polymer. The boards are produced by stacking a plurality of circuit layer sheets in appropriate electrical alignment such that they are separated by an interposed layer of the second liquid crystal polymer of lower melting point, and heating the stacked polymer sheets under pressure sufficient to bond the sheets or layers into a microelectronic printed circuit board, the temperature of the heating being sufficient to melt the lower melting second polymer but insufficient to melt the polymer present in the circuit layers. The second polymer layer may be interposed as a separate sheet during assembly or may be present as one or two separate surface layers in contact with the higher melting point polymer of the circuit layers.

Monolithic LCP polymer microelectronic wiring modules

A process for treating a liquid crystal polymer film which includes the steps of: heating a film obtained by extrusion molding of a liquid crystal polymer, while contacting at least one surface of the film with a supporting body, to melt the polymer; cooling the melted polymer to form a solidified polymer layer; and separating the solidified polymer layer from the supporting body. The process readily provides liquid crystal polymer films having excellent resistance to intra-layer delamination and high tensile strength and elongation, as well as excellent resistance to abrasion, dimensional stability when heated, and resistance to folding.

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