Patent ID: 6111027
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: C08F,C08L,C09J,C10L,C10M

Abstract:
An adhesive composition comprising a tackifier and a copolymer comprising one or more macromonomer units and an unsaturated acid unit or an unsaturated anhydride unit wherein the weight average molecular weight of the copolymer is at least twice the weight average molecular weight of the macromonomer unit, the melt index of the copolymer is greater than or equal to 1 and wherein the macromonomer unit:(1) has a weight average molecular weight between 500 and 100,000; and(2) comprises a copolymer of ethylene and at least one .alpha.-olefin, and/or a copolymer of propylene and ethylene or propylene and at least one other .alpha.-olefin.