Patents by Inventor Ralph Raulie

Ralph Raulie has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20070208139
    Abstract: This disclosure in certain embodiments relates to thermoplastic sheet compositions and applications incorporating such materials. More specifically this disclosure addresses thermoplastic sheets comprising: a) from 5 to 98.5 wt % of an essentially uncross-linked, random ethylene copolymer having from 20 wt % to 90 wt % repeat units from ethylene and from 10 wt % to 80 wt % of repeat units from one or more other ethylenically unsaturated monomers based upon the weight of the random ethylene copolymer; b) from 0.3 to 83.5 wt % of a polypropylene-based thermoplastic; and c) from 0.3 to 24.5 wt % of a vulcanized rubber dispersed phase. The disclosure also relates to methods of making the sheet compositions. One method includes incorporating a thermoplastic vulcanizate to provide the c) vulcanized rubber and in come cases, to supplement the b) polypropylene thermoplastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Ralph Raulie, Purushottam Agrawal, Narayanaswami Dharmarajan, Michael Williams, Sudhin Datta