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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Adel Farhan Halasa, Bath, OH (US);
Richard Gutierrez, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2608 / ; 2608 / ;
Abstract
Ethylene is grafted onto polymers of conjugated dienes to form copolymers having both thermoplastic and elastomeric properties. This grafting is effected by a catalyst system comprising (1) a titanium or vanadium halide, (2) an aluminum trihydrocarbon and (3) a carbonyl compound such as acetophenone. The resultant graft copolymer has elastomeric properties due to the diene polymer backbone and thermoplastic properties from the grafted polymeric ethylene blocks.