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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Achiel Jos Van Loon, Schoten, BE;
Marc D. Tierens, Metse, BE;
Dirk J. Permentier, Meerdeke, BE;
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of improving hot tack and/or seal strength in a multi-layer film by selecting a first PE comprising at least one of mPE, LDPE or LLDPE to form a first layer and selecting a blend comprising a mPE and a PP to form an outer layer; and coextruding the first PE and the blend to form the multi-layer film comprising the first layer and the outer layer; wherein the inner layer comprises at least one component having a final melting point at least about 15° C. higher than a final melting point of at least one component of the first layer, wherein the multi-layer film has a maximum hot tack at least about 25% greater than a similar multi-layer film with-weight % of the PP in the inner layer.