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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. 11, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Theodorus L Hoeks, Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Adrianus A Kusters, Chaam, NL;
Ye-Gang Lin, Evansville, IN (US);
Patrick J McCloskey, Watervliet, NY (US);
Raphael Mestanza, Kuntzig, FR;
Pin-pin Wu, Evansville, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528196 ; 528198 ;
Abstract
The disclosure describes reacting a multi-functional phenolic or carboxylic branching agent with a transesterification catalyst to form an organic salt prior to reactive extrusion of said organic salt branching agent with linear polycarbonate resin as a means to dramatically increase the efficiency of the branching agent in the preparation of branched polycarbonate.