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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Gerald W. Meyer, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Santosh Bawiskar, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Jiren Gu, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Inventors:
Gerald W. Meyer, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Santosh Bawiskar, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Jiren Gu, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Assignee:
PolyOne Corporation, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 53/00 (2006.01); C08L 23/10 (2006.01); C08K 3/22 (2006.01); B65D 39/00 (2006.01); C08K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 53/00 (2013.01); B65D 39/0011 (2013.01); C08K 3/22 (2013.01); C08K 5/0016 (2013.01); C08L 23/10 (2013.01); C08L 2205/025 (2013.01); C08L 2205/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) is disclosed which is markable by a laser operating at an ultra-violet wavelength because of the presence of between about 0.05 and about 0.1 weight percent of titanium dioxide or between about 0.1 and 0.3 weight percent of zinc oxide.