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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2020
Synthomer Adhesive Technologies Llc, Beachwood, OH (US);
Bing Yuan, Methuen, MA (US);
James Palmer Dickerson, Kingsport, TN (US);
Bee Kim Liew, Kingsport, TN (US);
Christopher Wayne Osborne, Johnson City, TN (US);
Jacobus Siera, Hoogerheide, NL;
Synthomer Adhesive Technologies LLC, Beachwood, OH (US);
Abstract
A tackifier composition comprising at least one thermoplastic hydrocarbon resin and an antioxidant composition is provided; wherein a portion of the volatile organic compounds in the thermoplastic hydrocarbon resin has been removed; wherein the antioxidant composition comprises at least one primary antioxidant and at least one secondary antioxidant; and wherein the levels of individual volatile organic compound monitored in the tackifier composition are less than about 0.5 ppm as measured by GC/MS headspace analysis. Processes for producing the tackifier composition are also provided as well as adhesives comprising the tackifier compositions.