US 11,987,672 B2
Wax as a melt flow modifier and processing aid for polymers
Domenic Di Mondo, Brampton (CA)
Assigned to GreenMantra Recycling Technologies Ltd., Brantford (CA)
Filed by GreenMantra Recycling Technologies Ltd., Brantford (CA)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/128,992.
Application 17/128,992 is a continuation of application No. 16/140,169, filed on Sep. 24, 2018, granted, now 10,870,739.
Application 16/140,169 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CA2017/050378, filed on Mar. 24, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,899, filed on Mar. 24, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0108046 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. C08L 91/06 (2006.01); B01J 19/18 (2006.01); C08J 3/20 (2006.01); C08J 11/10 (2006.01); C08J 11/16 (2006.01); C08L 23/06 (2006.01)
CPC C08J 11/10 (2013.01) [C08J 3/201 (2013.01); C08J 11/16 (2013.01); C08L 23/06 (2013.01); C08L 91/06 (2013.01); B01J 19/18 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0004 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00051 (2013.01); C08J 2323/02 (2013.01); C08J 2323/06 (2013.01); C08J 2323/12 (2013.01); C08J 2491/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modified polymer wherein said modified polymer is produced by mixing an amount of a wax with a polymer, wherein said modified polymer has an increased melt flow index when compared to said polymer,
wherein said wax is formed by catalytically depolymerizing a polyethylene, and wherein said polymer is polyethylene or polypropylene.