Patent ID: 8388983

Claim:
A dry film coating composition comprising a) a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl alcohol comprising partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate having a percentage of hydrolysis greater than about 86.5 mol %, polyvinyl alcohol copolymers comprising partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate having a percentage of hydrolysis greater than about 86.5 mol % onto which has been graft polymerized methyl methacrylate and acrylic acid to give a ratio of PVA-methyl methacrylate-acrylic acid moieties of 80:17.5:2.5, hypromellose (hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose), hydroxypropyl cellulose, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and mixtures thereof, and b) a waxy detackifier having a median particle size of less than 150 microns selected from the group consisting of glyceryl monostearate, stearoyl polyoxylglycerides, glyceryl behenate, glyceryl palmitostearate and mixtures thereof.