Patent · US Expired

Polyethylene compositions and films formed therefrom having improved moisture vapor transmission rates

US6359050B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Eastman Chemical Company · US

Inventors

Kathryn Kobes Dohrer · Clute, US
Wesley Raymond Hale · Kingsport, US
Irving D. Sand · Forest Park, US
Mark Alan Edmund · Longview, US
Martin Ray Tant · Kingsport, US
Emmett Dudley Crawford · Kingsport, US
Edward Philip Savitski · Kingsport, US
Dennis Brannon Barr · Kingsport, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 28, 2000
Grant date	Mar 19, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 28, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC08L23/0815
WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A novel composition is provided comprising a specified polyethylene component and a filler such that a film formed from the composition is characterized by having increased moisture vapor transmission rate.

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