Patent ID: 8455574

Claim:
A wood composite composition, comprising: (1) wood flour; and (2) from about 42 weight % to about 55 weight %, based on the total weight of the wood composite composition, of a polymeric matrix composition comprising (a) a high density polyethylene base resin in an amount from about 42 weight % to about 50 weight %, based on the total weight of the wood composite composition; and (b) a compatibilizing dipolymer consisting of copolymerized units of ethylene and about 4 weight % to about 9 weight %, based on the weight of the dipolymer, of ethyl hydrogen maleate, wherein i) said dipolymer is prepared by copolymerization of ethylene and said functional comonomer in a high-pressure free radical copolymerization process, and ii) said dipolymer is included in the wood composite composition in an amount from about 0.1 weight % to about 5 weight % of the total weight of the wood composite composition.