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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:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
May. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08F / ; C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
526193 ; 526220 ; 526222 ; 526225 ; 526232 ; 5262321 ; 5262323 ; 5263186 ; 5263292 ; 526346 ; 526347 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a process for producing a high molecular weight monovinylidene aromatic polymer, comprising free radically polymerizing a vinyl aromatic monomer in the presence of less than 10 ppm of a vinyl acid having a pKa at 25.degree. C. of less than 2.0.