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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2004
Gautam Chatterjee, Bangalore, IN;
Dibakar Dhara, Bangalore, IN;
Katherine Glasgow, Evansville, IN (US);
Antoinette Van Bennekom, Hansweert, NL;
Jos Van Den Bogerd, Sint Annaland, NL;
Adam Zerda, Evansville, IN (US);
Gautam Chatterjee, Bangalore, IN;
Dibakar Dhara, Bangalore, IN;
Katherine Glasgow, Evansville, IN (US);
Antoinette van Bennekom, Hansweert, NL;
Jos van den Bogerd, Sint Annaland, NL;
Adam Zerda, Evansville, IN (US);
SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B. V., Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Abstract
A method comprising treating an article with steam, wherein the article comprises a composition comprising an amount of a polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer effective to provide thermal and hydrolytic stability to the article for at least 15 cycles, wherein each cycle comprises 20 minutes of contact with steam at 100° C., at atmospheric pressure. The articles are of utility in a wide variety of applications such as food service and medical applications.