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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
May. 10, 2000
Daniel Goldberg, Bordentown, NJ (US);
Sandra A. Kupperblatt, Flanders, NJ (US);
Robert F. Eaton, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Wong F Ark, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
David M Simpson, Murfreesboro, TN (US);
Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation, Danbury, CT (US);
Abstract
Lactone copolymers are disclosed which are polymerized from a first lactone monomer and a second amorphous monomer which is effective to suppress the crystallization of the copolymer. It is disclosed that suppression of the crystallization can provide enhanced mechanical properties in films made from the copolymers. As a result, films prepared from the copolymers of the present invention can have properties rendering them suitable for use as biodegradable trash bags as well as for other uses.