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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2016
Performance Materials Na, Inc., Midland, MI (US);
David D Zhang, Wilmington, DE (US);
David M Dean, West Chester, PA (US);
Elizabeth R Griffin, Newark, DE (US);
Richard Allen Hayes, Beaumont, TX (US);
Donna Lynn Visioli, Lower Gwynedd, PA (US);
Performance Materials NA, Inc., Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
Provided is a method for preparing a latex composition, comprising providing an ethylene copolymer comprising copolymerized units of ethylene and copolymerized units of at least one polar comonomer; dissolving the ethylene copolymer with one or more latex monomers to prepare a solution; mixing the solution with water; optionally adding a surfactant or protectant colloid to form an aqueous emulsion; and polymerizing the latex monomer in the emulsion to form a latex composition comprising the ethylene copolymer and a latex polymer. Further provided are the emulsion polymerization product and the mini-emulsion polymerization product of at least one ethylene copolymer substantially dissolved in at least one latex monomer, such as an acrylic, styrene or vinyl monomer. Finally, formulated products comprising or produced from the emulsion or mini-emulsion polymerization product and articles comprising or produced from the formulated products are provided.