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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:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528196 ; 528198 ;
Abstract
Polycarbonate can be branched by reactive extrusion using free radical chemistry. This technology combines the effect of free radical initiator and branching agent on polycarbonate during processing. Melt Strength of polycarbonate can be increased by addition of a triacrylate as branching agent and peroxide as radical initiator.