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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:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wayne K Shih, Kingsport, TN (US);
Robert J Turney, Hertfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4283148 ; 525437 ; 524 81 ; 524284 ; 524297 ; 156D / ; 4283044 ; 4283084 ; 4283148 ; 428480 ; 521 50 ; 521134 ; 521138 ; 521182 ;
Abstract
A label for containers comprises a foamed polyester film that has a density of less than 1 g/cm.sup.3. The foamed polyester film may be blown away in air and then floated away in water during the recycle process for containers. After separation from the containers the foamed polyester film may be reclaimed by a chemical process to recover raw materials for polyesters.