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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2005
Yu Shi, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Robert J. Schiavone, Matthews, NC (US);
Chantel Walters, Toledo, OH (US);
Robert Kriegel, Marietta, GA (US);
Xiaoyan Huang, Marietta, GA (US);
Yu Shi, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Robert J. Schiavone, Matthews, NC (US);
Chantel Walters, Toledo, OH (US);
Robert Kriegel, Marietta, GA (US);
Xiaoyan Huang, Marietta, GA (US);
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A polyester container with enhanced gas barrier properties includes a polyester composition having an IV of 0.65 dL/g to 1.0 dL/g and including a polyester and a reactive organic gas barrier enhancing additive. The polyester is made using at least one first polycondensation catalyst, non-limiting examples of which include metals in Groups 3, 4, 13, and 14 of the Periodic Table and includes a catalyst residue remaining in the polyester from formation of the polyester. The catalyst residue includes at least a portion of the at least one first polycondensation catalyst.