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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:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2004
Applicant:
William D. Sigworth, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Inventor:
William D. Sigworth, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Assignee:
Crompton Corporation, Middlebury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a process for preparing a composite material comprising mixing at least one natural fiber, at least one polyolefin resin, and at least one functionalized polyolefin coupling agent to provide said composite material; wherein said functionalized polyolefin coupling agent possesses a molecular weight distribution of greater than 2.5 (M/Mby GPC) and comprises a base polyolefin resin that is grafted with a total of more than about 1 mmole of at least one polar monomer per 100 grams of functionalized polyolefin coupling agent.