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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:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tommie P. Hayward, Saugus, CA (US);
Mike G. Roemmler, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
SGL Technic Inc., Valencia, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 1/00 ; C08K 3/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 1/00 ; C08K 3/04 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus comprising expanded, or flexible, graphite mixed into a polymer material is disclosed. A method for using expanded graphite that has been pre-compressed prior to milling to enable a polymer material to accept an electrostatic modification to the surface or to dissipate electrostatic discharges. Other embodiments relate to methods of making polymer materials, methods of making molded polymer articles or objects, and methods of electrostatically modifying molded conductive polymer materials.