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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. 29, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Elf Atochem, S.A., Puteaux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ;
Abstract
A copolymer of ethylene and an alpha-olefin contains from 3 to 12 carbon atoms, wherein 0.1 to 1.5 mol % of the units originate from the alpha-olefin. The copolymer has a relative density ranging from 0.960 to 0.940, a transition metal content lower than 6 ppm, an Mw/Mn ratio higher than 7, an Mz/Mw ratio higher than 3.3 and an Mz higher than 300,000. The copolymer is prepared from the polymerization or co-polymerization of at least one olefin in the presence of a solid catalytic component or a prepolymerized catalyst.