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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. 21, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J. Karol, Norwalk, CT (US);
Francis S. Cheng, West Hartford, CT (US);
Assignee:
R.T. Vanderbilt Company, Inc., Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 5/45 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 5/45 ;
Abstract
Additives including dithiocarbamyl derivatives of 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole (DMTD) useful as curing agents and accelerators. Curable polymer compositions including at least one halogenated polymer and at least one additive including the dithiocarbamyl DMTD derivatives. A method is also disclosed for preparing a cured polymer by admixing at least one halogenated polymer with at least one additive including the dithiocarbamyl DMTD derivatives and subsequently curing the composition.