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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Duane Cliffton, Kingsport, TN (US);
Joseph Franklin Knight, Kingsport, TN (US);
Reed Lervik Christiansen, Kingsport, TN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 6/400 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 6/400 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a process for producing poly(ethylene-2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate) and copolymers thereof having high molecular weight, low methyl end-group content, low diethylene glycol content and low carboxyl end-group content in the presence of water.