Patent ID: 8048959

Claim:
A composition comprising, or produced from, a poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) and an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer, wherein (a) the ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer is present in the composition from about 0.1 to less than about 5 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, (b) the ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer comprises about 50 to about 95 wt % polymerized units of ethylene and 5 to about 50 wt % polymerized units of one or more alkyl acrylates of the formula CH 2 ═C(R 1 )CO 2 R 2 , based on the total weight of the copolymer, (c) R 1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 8 carbon atoms and R 2 is an alkyl group with 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and (d) the ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer is substantially free of comonomers having glycidyl groups.