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Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2003
Applicants:

François Simal, Forest, BE;

Harrell Tweedy, Acworth, GA (US);

Steven Van ES, Liège, BE;

Patrice Roose, St. Pieters Leeuw, BE;

Inventors:

François Simal, Forest, BE;

Harrell Tweedy, Acworth, GA (US);

Steven Van Es, Liège, BE;

Patrice Roose, St. Pieters Leeuw, BE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 293/00 (2006.01); C08F 20/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

There are disclosed star shaped thermoplastic elastomers made of acrylic block copolymers obtained by transition metal catalysed radical polymerisation. The elastomers comprise core arms obtained from monomers or mixture of monomers, whose Tis from about −65° C. to about −20° C., and of shell arms obtained from monomers or mixture of monomers, whose Tis from about 70° C. to about 160° C. The core copolymer has a polydispersity of 2 or higher and the final copolymer has a polydispersity of from 3 to 10.


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