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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. 06, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Dale, Scarborough, CA;
George Liebermann, Mississauga, CA;
Richard L McQueen, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
526340 ; 5263401 ; 528483 ;
Abstract
A process for forming a copolymer of butadiene and other monomers such as styrene is disclosed wherein the final product is characterized by a low residual butadiene content. The process comprises: (a) charging a reaction vessel with butadiene and styrene; (b) initiating said copolymerization reaction; (c) after the exotherm phase of said reaction, purging said reaction vessel with an inert gas while heating said reaction vessel to a final polymerization temperature.