Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Polymer Blends Including Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) Ethylene-Based Polymers' Filed by Dow Global Technologies Llc

MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617007987 A) filed by Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, U.S.A., on Jan. 27, for 'polymer blends including post-consumer recycled (pcr) ethylene-based polymers.'

Inventor(s) include Thurber, Christopher M.; Froese, Robert D., J.; Garg, Akanksha; Qiao, Yusen; Olson, Kurt W; Podsiadlik, Taylor R.; Lu, Keran; Weinhold, Jeffrey D.; Hall, Ryan; Grey, Savannah; Pereira, Joana Amaral; and Bazen, Jan.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A polymer blend may comprise post-consumer recycled (PCR) ethylene-based polymer and virgin ethylene-based polymer comprising the polymerized reaction product of ethylene monomer, C3-C14 alpha-olefin comonomer, and polyene comonomer, wherein the virgin-ethylene-based polymer comprises a melt strength (MS) greater than 9 cN, wherein MS is the melt strength in cN (Rheotens device, 190 C, 2.4 mm/s2, 120 mm from the die exit to the center of the wheels, extrusion rate of 38.2 s-1, capillary die of 30 mm length, 2 mm diameter and 180 entrance angle)."

The patent application was internationally filed on Aug. 23, 2024, under International application No.PCT/US2024/043624.

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