Patent ID: 9340664
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B32B,C08F,C08J,C08L

Claim Text:
1. A film comprising polyethylene and a branched polyethylene modifier comprising ethylene in an amount of at least 50 mol %, octene, and 1,9-decadiene, wherein said branched polyethylene modifier has: a) a g′vis of 0.90 or less; b) an Mw of 100,000 g/mol or more; c) an Mw/Mn of 3.0 or more; d) an Mz/Mn of 7.0 or more; and e) a shear thinning ratio of 40 or more; where the film has an improvement in dart drop or no greater than a 25% reduction in dart drop (as measured in g/mil) as compared to the polyethylene formed into a film under the same conditions, except that the branched polyethylene modifier is absent, and the film has an improvement in Machine Direction Elmendorf tear or no greater than a 35% reduction in Machine Direction Elmendorf tear (as measured in g/mil) as compared to the polyethylene formed into a film under the same conditions, except that the branched polyethylene modifier is absent, and the film has an improvement in maximum extrusion rate of at least 20% as compared to the polyethylene formed into a film under the same conditions, except that the branched polyethylene modifier is absent.