Patent ID: 7622235

Claim:
Coated carrier particles comprising a solid core and a polymeric coating over the core, the polymeric coating comprising at least a first polymer component and a second polymer component, wherein the first polymer component is selected from the group consisting of acrylate polymers, methacrylate polymers, acrylate copolymers and methacrylate copolymers, and the second polymer component is selected from the group consisting of styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymers, styrene-isoprene-styrene copolymers, styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene copolymers, styrene-ethylene-propylene copolymers, styrene-ethylene-butylene copolymers, hydrogenated and non-hydrogenated polyisoprene copolymers, hydrogenated and non-hydrogenated polyisoprene/butadiene copolymers, hydrogenated and non-hydrogenated polybutadiene copolymers and hydrogenated styrenic block copolymers, and wherein the polymeric coating comprises about 90 to about 95 percent by weight of the first polymer component, and from about 5 to about 10 percent by weight of the second polymer component, based on the total weight of the polymeric coating.