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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. 27, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Johannes M. D. Goossens, Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Bart P. G. Hendrix, Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Walter van der Heijden, Oosterhout, NL;
Christianus J. J. Maas, Rilland, NL;
Hendrik Verhoogt, Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 5/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 5/42 ;
Abstract
A transparent, fire resistant polycarbonate composition comprises polycarbonate, poly(methylphenylsiloxane) and a salt based flame retardant. These polycarbonate compositions can attain UL94 V0 ratings at 1.6 millimeter thickness, previously possible only with a halogenated fire retardant.