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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:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
May. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Guy J. Wouters, Brussels, BE;
Assignee:
Exxon Mobil Chemical Patents, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 8/00 ; C08L 9/00 ; C08L 2/300 ; C08L 2/502 ; C08L 4/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 8/00 ; C08L 9/00 ; C08L 2/300 ; C08L 2/502 ; C08L 4/500 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are blends of a propylene-based polymer, an elastomer, and optionally an ethylene-based polymer, having improved low temperature toughness. The elastomer is preferably a copolymer of ethylene, one or more C -C &agr;-olefin comonomers, and optionally one or more non-conjugated diene comonomers, having a MLRA/ML ratio of at least 8 and an ethylene content of from 74 to 95 mole percent.