Patent ID: 6472491
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: C08F

Abstract:
An interpolymer comprising from about 0.1 to about 99.8 mol percent of ethylene, and from about 0.1 to about 99.8 mol percent of each of at least two, or more, monomer units selected from the group consisting of 2,3-dihydrofuran, vinylcyclopropane, and a heteroatom substituted olefin monomer unit derived from a compound of the formula XV wherein E and G represent the same or different heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur, which are bound to a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbyl group, or a substituted hydrocarbyl group, or are joined by a linking group; and n is 0 or an integer from 1-20, and said interpolymer having a melting peak temperature (Tm) equal to or greater than 50Â° C.