Patent ID: 6687621
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: C08F,C08L,C11D,G16C

Abstract:
A method for identifying a predictive model from which to select existing polymers, and/or to prepare new polymers having a desired property, the method comprising the steps of:a. identifying a set of existing polymers; b. determining the desired property for each of the polymers in the set, wherein the property of each polymer has a numerical value; c. generating quantitative structural descriptors that characterize at least a portion of the molecular structure of each polymer of the set of polymers; and d. identifying a mathematical function that relates a selected group of descriptors to the desired property, said group comprises at least 2 quantitative structural descriptors, the predictive model comprising the identified mathematical function; wherein the desired property can be provided by the neat, undiluted polymer or by a composition comprising the polymer.