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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Farid Khouri, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Julia Lee, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Sheldon Shafer, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Farid Khouri, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Julia Lee, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Sheldon Shafer, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides novel block copolycarbonates comprising residues from a hydroxy terminated polyetherimide or polyimide, residues from a dihydroxy compound, and residues from an activated carbonate. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention the polyetherimide or polyimide blocks exhibit high Mwhile the resulting block copolycarbonate exhibits a single T. The novel block copolycarbonates of the present invention are produced under melt polymerization conditions in the presence an activated carbonate source.