Patent ID: 8105686

Claim:
A polymeric film for labeling articles, comprising: (A) a print skin layer having an upper surface and a lower surface and comprising at least one polyethylene having a density of up to 0.94 g/cm3 and at least one polypropylene; (B) a core layer having an upper surface and a lower surface and comprising at least one polypropylene copolymer, at least one polypropylene homopolymer, and at least one polyethylene prepared by Ziegler-Natta or metallocene catalysis and having a density ranging from 0.86 to 0.98 g/cm3; (C) an adhesive skin layer having an upper surface and a lower surface and comprising at least one polyolefin grafted with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative wherein the lower surface of the print skin layer (A) overlies the upper surface of the core layer (B), and the upper surface of the adhesive skin layer (C) underlies the lower surface of the core layer (B); and wherein the core layer comprises from about 50% to about 85% of at least one propylene copolymer, from about 5% to about homopolymer and from about 5% to about 25% of at least one polyethylene.