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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2010
Douglas E. Beyer, Midland, MI (US);
Steven R. Jenkins, Sanford, MI (US);
William R. Lafollette, Midland, MI (US);
Douglas E. Beyer, Midland, MI (US);
Steven R. Jenkins, Sanford, MI (US);
William R. LaFollette, Midland, MI (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a polymer composition of at least one vinylidene chloride/alkyl acrylate polymer having from about 3.4 to about 6.7 percent mole percent of mer units derived from at least one alkyl acrylate monomer polymerized with the vinylidene chloride and comprising a plasticizer and having at least one of the following compositional characteristics (1) and (2): (1) at least one low molecular weight vinyl chloride polymer having a molecular weight of at most about 70,000 Daltons in an amount sufficient to increase affinity for at least one ink; and (2) at least one methacrylic polymer in an amount sufficient to increase the affinity for at least one ink. Surfaces comprising such a composition and articles having such surfaces are surprisingly printable and are aspects of the invention as is printing thereon.