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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. 28, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
James Y Chung, Wexford, PA (US);
Assignee:
Bayer Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ; C08K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
523136 ; 524285 ; 524295 ; 524296 ; 524298 ;
Abstract
A thermoplastic polycarbonate molding composition resistant to ionizing radiation is disclosed. Accordingly, a composition containing a polycarbonate resin and an effective amount of an ester based on an aromatic carboxylic acid and at least one member selected from the group consisting of secondary alcohol, benzyl alcohol and tertiary alcohol was found to be resistant to the yellowing which characterizes polycarbonate compositions exposed to ionizing radiation.