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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. 25, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jerald R Harrell, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
525387 ; 525360 ; 52631825 ; 526329 ; 5263295 ; 5263297 ; 526331 ; 528485 ; 528486 ; 528490 ;
Abstract
The viscosity of copolymers of a) ethylene, b) C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 acrylates, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 methacrylates, or vinyl esters of C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 carboxylic acids, and c) at least one alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid of 3-12 carbon atoms selected from the group consisting of monocarboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acids, and monoesters of dicarboxylic acids is increased, while maintaining gel content at a level of less than 3%, by treatment with a mixture of an organic peroxide and a chromium (III) salt.