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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. 07, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Chung-Tsing Tung, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Joseph P Schirmer, Akron, OH (US);
William George Perkins, Akron, OH (US);
Nathan Lyle Pazzo, Medina, OH (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524496 ; 524495 ;
Abstract
A polyester resin is disclosed containing graphite in sufficient quantities to reduce its infrared heat up time in the reheat-blow process. The amount of graphite added is from 0.1 to 15 ppm and the average particle size is from 0.1 to 20 microns. The polyester is useful to make bottle preforms for beverage containers. Methods of making the polyester resin are also disclosed using a masterbatch or liquid slurry addition technique.