Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
236 words
A NOVEL COMPOSITION OF MATTER COMPRISING A POLYMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYPROPYLENE HOMOPOLYMERS AND COPOLYMERS OF PROPYLENE AND OTHER ALPHA-OLEFIN WHEREIN AT LEAST 80 PERCENT OF THE MONOMER UNITS ARE PROPYLENE; SAID POLYMER HAVING INCOPORATED THEREIN: A. FROM ABOUT 0.1 TO ABOUT 10.0 PARTS BY WEIGHT PER 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF POLYMER OF A POLYHYDROXY AROMATIC COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF RESORCINOL, ALKYL SUBSTITUTED GAMMA-RESORCYCLIC ACIDS, ARYL SUBSTITUTED GAMMA-RESORCYLIC ACIDS, ARALKYL SUBSTITUTED GAMMARESORCYLIC ACIDS, AND COMPOUNDS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE FORMULA: R'',(R"'')N,((R",(HO-),(RIV)M-PHENYL)-R-),(HO-)BENZENE WHEREIN R IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SULFUR ATOMS, SULFUR CONTAINING RADICALS, AND METHYLENE RADICALS; WHEREIN R'', R'''', R'''''', AND RIV MAY BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT, AND EACH IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL RADICALS HAVING LESS THAN 15 CARBON ATOMS; AND WHEREIN N AND M ARE INTEGERS WHICH MAY BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT, AND EACH MAY BE 0,1,2, OR 3; B. FROM ABOUT 0.25 TO ABOUT 20.0 PARTS BY WEIGHT PER 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF POLYMER OF A ROSINOUS MATERIAL, SAID ROSINOUS MATERIALS BEING A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NATURAL ROSINS, WOOD ROSIN ESTERS, POLYMERIC ROSINOUS MATERIALS, HYDROGENATED WOOD ROSINS, POLYTERPENE RESINS, AND MIXTURES OF AT LEAST TWO OF SAID MEMBERS; C. FROM ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 5.0 PARTS BY WEIGHT PER 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF POLYMER OF A NUCLEATING AGENT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
236 words
A NOVEL COMPOSITION OF MATTER COMPRISING A POLYMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYPROPYLENE HOMOPOLYMERS AND COPOLYMERS OF PROPYLENE AND OTHER ALPHA-OLEFIN WHEREIN AT LEAST 80 PERCENT OF THE MONOMER UNITS ARE PROPYLENE; SAID POLYMER HAVING INCOPORATED THEREIN: A. FROM ABOUT 0.1 TO ABOUT 10.0 PARTS BY WEIGHT PER 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF POLYMER OF A POLYHYDROXY AROMATIC COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF RESORCINOL, ALKYL SUBSTITUTED GAMMA-RESORCYCLIC ACIDS, ARYL SUBSTITUTED GAMMA-RESORCYLIC ACIDS, ARALKYL SUBSTITUTED GAMMARESORCYLIC ACIDS, AND COMPOUNDS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE FORMULA: R'',(R"'')N,((R",(HO-),(RIV)M-PHENYL)-R-),(HO-)BENZENE WHEREIN R IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SULFUR ATOMS, SULFUR CONTAINING RADICALS, AND METHYLENE RADICALS; WHEREIN R'', R'''', R'''''', AND RIV MAY BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT, AND EACH IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL RADICALS HAVING LESS THAN 15 CARBON ATOMS; AND WHEREIN N AND M ARE INTEGERS WHICH MAY BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT, AND EACH MAY BE 0,1,2, OR 3; B. FROM ABOUT 0.25 TO ABOUT 20.0 PARTS BY WEIGHT PER 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF POLYMER OF A ROSINOUS MATERIAL, SAID ROSINOUS MATERIALS BEING A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NATURAL ROSINS, WOOD ROSIN ESTERS, POLYMERIC ROSINOUS MATERIALS, HYDROGENATED WOOD ROSINS, POLYTERPENE RESINS, AND MIXTURES OF AT LEAST TWO OF SAID MEMBERS; C. FROM ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 5.0 PARTS BY WEIGHT PER 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF POLYMER OF A NUCLEATING AGENT.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
The composition according to claim 1 wherein said polyhydroxy aromatic compound is present in a concentration of from about 0.2 to about 3.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of polymer, and said rosinous material is present in a concentration of from about 0.5 to about 5.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of resin.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
The composition according to claim 1 wherein said polymer is a homopolymer having incorporated therein from about 0.25 to about 20.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of polymer of wood rosin; and from about 0.01 to about 5.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of polymer of sodium benzoate.