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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:
May. 06, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian L Turtle, Linlithgow, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ; C08L / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
525240 ; 524528 ;
Abstract
A blend having improved optical and good mechanical properties comprising (A) at least 75 weight %, preferably 85-95 weight %, of ethylene hydrocarbon copolymer (LLDPE) of density 0.916 to 0.930 manufactured by the transition metal catalyzed gas-fluidized bed process and (B) not less than 1 weight %, of low density polyethylene or ethylene copolymer made by the free radical catalyzed high pressure process. The LLDPE (A) is preferably ethylene/butene-1 or ethylene/hexene-1 copolymer. The high pressure polymer (B) is preferably an autoclave LDPE having a high die swell ratio and a MIR below 50.