Abstract: An olefin polymer having greater than 95 percent chain end unsaturation, where greater than 80 percent of said unsaturation comprises a 1,2-disubstituted olefinic unsaturation, especially polymers comprising in polymerized form 4-methyl-1-pentene and more especially highly isotactic polymers, a process of manufacture, methods to functionalize and articles formed therefrom.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 21, 2005
Date of Patent:
April 28, 2009
Assignee:
Dow Global Technolgies, Inc.
Inventors:
John R. Briggs, Edmund M. Carnahan, Phillip D. Hustad, Tia L. Jackson