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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1999
Peter M Kazmaier, Mississauga, CA;
Karen A Moffat, Brantford, CA;
Marko D Saban, Etobicoke, CA;
Richard P Veregin, Mississauga, CA;
Michael K Georges, Guelph, CA;
Gordon K Hamer, Mississauga, CA;
Toyofumi Inoue, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Stephan V Drappel, Toronto, CA;
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A process for the preparation of branched thermoplastic resins comprising: heating a mixture of an unsaturated resin, a free radical initiator, and a stable free radical agent; adding to the heated mixture at least on polymerizable monomer; and cooling the mixture, wherein the resulting product is a branched thermoplastic resin with arms or branches comprised of polymerized monomer with substantially uniform length and narrow polydispersity.