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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Irene Greenwald Plotzker, Wilmington, DE (US);
Thomas Michael Ford, Greenville, DE (US);
Kenneth George Sharp, Landenberg, PA (US);
Samuel Tacitus D'Arcangelis, Randolph, NJ (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 5/09 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 5/09 ;
Abstract
A polymer composition and method for reducing the permeability of gases through molded polymeric containers and films by incorporating into the polymer from which the container or film is formed an effective amount of a barrier-enhancing additive, such as monoesters of hydroxybenzoic acid and hydroxynaphthoic acid.