Patent ID: 7608675
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: C08L

Abstract:
1. A composition comprising an ethylene copolymer having an acid cure site wherein the copolymer is derived from copolymerization of ethylene, about 50 to about 70 weight % of methyl acrylate, and about 0.5 to about 5 weight % of an acid cure site monomer or its derivative wherein the acid is 1,4-butene-dioic acid; the derivative is an anhydride of the acid, a monoalkyl ester of the acid, or combinations thereof; the alkyl group in the monoalkyl ester has from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, or combinations of two or more thereof; and the copolymer has a number average molecular weight (Mn) from about 40,000 to about 65,000 and a melt index from about 1 to about 6 g/10 minutes.