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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2004
Gregory S. Dekunder, Pearland, TX (US);
Eric Maziers, Seneffe, BE;
Brian B. Cole, Kingwood, TX (US);
G. Travis Meredith, Pearland, TX (US);
Gerhard Guenther, Seabrook, TX (US);
Walter T. Jagmin, Kingwood, TX (US);
Gregory S. DeKunder, Pearland, TX (US);
Eric Maziers, Seneffe, BE;
Brian B. Cole, Kingwood, TX (US);
G. Travis Meredith, Pearland, TX (US);
Gerhard Guenther, Seabrook, TX (US);
Walter T. Jagmin, Kingwood, TX (US);
Fina Technology, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes an end use article (i.e., an article of manufacture) and a process for making the same, wherein the end use article has a relatively high gloss and exhibits excellent processability over a wide range of processing conditions. The end use article can be formed with glossy polyethylene having an 'a' parameter less than or equal to about 0.40, and the glossy polyethylene can be a Metallocene polyethylene. The end use article can have a 60° specular gloss of at least about 40%, or from about 40% to about 80%, or from about 60% to about 80%. The end use article may be pigmented or unpigmented.