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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig William Burkhart, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Michael Lester Kerns, Medina, OH (US);
Kenneth Floyd Castner, Uniontown, OH (US);
Michael Joseph Rachita, North Canton, OH (US);
Michael Paul Mallamaci, Canton, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/706 ; C08F 2/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/706 ; C08F 2/42 ;
Abstract
It has been unexpectedly discovered that cis-1,4-polybutadiene that is synthesized utilizing Zeigler-Natta catalyst systems has superior characteristics for utilization in solid golf ball cores if the polymerization is terminated utilizing a carboxylic acid of the structural formula RCOOH, wherein R represents an alkyl group containing from 1 to about 30 carbon atoms.