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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Betty L. Gipson, League City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Petrochemicals, LP, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 8/00 ; C08L 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 8/00 ; C08L 9/00 ;
Abstract
An improved pressure sensitive adhesive includes a base polymer and a PIB modifier that is made up of a homopolymer of isobutylene wherein a predominant portion of the double bonds are in either an alpha position or a beta position. The modifier may function as a plasticizer, a tackifier extender or a combination plasticizer and tackifier extender for the pressure sensitive adhesive.