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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2003
Jean-philippe Marie Autran, Wyoming, OH (US);
David Harry Melik, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Matthew Satkowski, Oxford, OH (US);
Jean-Philippe Marie Autran, Wyoming, OH (US);
David Harry Melik, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Matthew Satkowski, Oxford, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods for enhancing the rate of a first biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoate having a copolymer, or a blend thereof, of at least two randomly repeating monomer units, and has a melting point Tm1, by solution blending or melt blending the first biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoate with a second crystallizable biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoate homopolymer or copolymer, which has at least one randomly repeating monomer unit and a melting point Tm2, wherein Tm2 is at least about 20□C. greater than Tm1. Methods for forming shaped articles from the blending of the two polyhydroxyalkanoates.