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Opaque film compositions

CA 1289709 C · Owner: Spitz, Joseph James · Inventors: Ashcraft, Charles Ray; Paul, Hee Chung Park; Spitz, Joseph James

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An opaque, biaxially oriented film structure is described which comprises:, an expanded thermoplastic polymer matrix core layer within which is located a minor amount of a light-absorbing pigment and a strata of voids; positioned at least substantially within at least a substantial number of said voids is at least one void-initiating particle which is phase distinct and incompatible with the matrix material, the void space occupied by said particle being substantially less than the volume of said void with one generally, cross-sectional dimension of said particle at least approximating a, corresponding cross-sectional dimension of said void; the population of voids in said core and the …

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  • Granted October 1, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 1, 2008.
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FiledAugust 19, 1987
GrantedOctober 1, 1991
Term endedOctober 1, 2008
Patent numberCA 1289709 C
Classification (IPC)B29C47/04 +2 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedAug 19, 1987Patent grantedOct 1, 1991Term endedOct 1, 2008

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