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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. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bin Lee, Coraopolis, PA (US);
Assignee:
Bayer Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
525130 ; 524507 ; 524562 ; 524590 ; 525127 ;
Abstract
A thermoplastic molding composition is disclosed comprising (i) a thermoplastic polyurethane resin and (ii) an ionomer. The ionomer is a salt of a copolymer, having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 200,000, of 70 to 99 percent olefin and about 1 to 30 percent of alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid. At least some of said carboxylic acid is neutralized by a monovalent counter-ion. The composition is characterized by its improved processability.