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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:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey G Southwick, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524571 ; 524572 ; 524575 ;
Abstract
A process of making a solvent-free water-based emulsion of an anionically polymerized polymer which comprises: heating the polymer until its viscosity is no more than 3,000 centipoise, (b) mixing water with a surfactant, (c) adding the mixture of (b) to the polymer of (a) while agitating the polymer at high speed, thereby forming an emulsion, (d) cooling the emulsion to below 100.degree. C., and (e) optionally subjecting the emulsion to turbulent flow and/or cavitation. Also included are emulsions of such polymers.