Abstract: The present invention refers to an oil extended functionalized styrene-butadiene copolymer wherein the functionalized styrene-butadiene copolymer comprises 15 to 50 wt. %, based on 100 wt. % of the copolymer, of repeating units based on styrene, 42 to 80 wt. %, based on 100 wt. % of the copolymer, of repeating units based on butadiene, and 5 to 43 wt. %, based on 100 wt. % of the copolymer, of units based on at least one functional monomer and wherein at least one extender oil is based on vegetable oils, preferably epoxidized vegetable oil.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 16, 2014
Date of Patent:
February 27, 2018
Assignees:
ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH, ARLANXEO Brasil S.A.
Inventors:
Marcus Tadeus de Moura Moutinho, Manoel Remigio Dos Santos, Dave Hardy