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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:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Michael D. Grah, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Marvin R. Havens, Greer, SC (US);
Inventors:
Michael D. Grah, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Marvin R. Havens, Greer, SC (US);
Assignee:
Cryovac, Inc., Duncan, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 13/08 (2006.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of shrinking a film comprises the steps of providing a shrink film and exposing the film to an amount of radiation energy effective to activate the shrink characteristic of the film. The film comprises one or more thermoplastic polymers and at least about 0.001 weight % of single-walled carbon nanotube material based on the weight of the film.