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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:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kim Choate, Moka, JP;
Angela R. Neff, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Paul Cletus Raymond III, Tokyo, JP;
Patrick A. Rodgers, Selkirk, NY (US);
Ronald James Wroczynski, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
Abstract
A method for determining flame retardance of polymer compositions includes subjecting a plurality of specimens of a polymer composition to a flame test and performing a statistical analysis of the data obtained. The statistical analysis includes determining the probability of at least one possible outcome of the flame test. The probability of possible outcomes provides a measure of the flame retardance of the polymer composition. A preferred flame test is the UL-94 flame test.