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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:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jules E Schoenberg, Plano, TX (US);
Robert D Harlan, Somerville, NJ (US);
Stephen F Hatfield, Lewisville, TX (US);
Johnson K Samuel, Fords, NJ (US);
Assignee:
National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ; C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524 81 ; 525206 ; 526320 ;
Abstract
Polylactide or polyglycolide graft copolymers, prepared with grafts comprising up to 40% by total polymer weight, but not 0%, of glycolide or the D- or L-isomer of lactide in an enantiomeric excess of 84% on a saturated polymer backbone, are suitable for use as the thermoplastic elastomeric component of hot melt adhesives.