Patent ID: 7022258

Claim:
An oxygen barrier packaging article, comprising: an oxygen scavenging polymer comprising structure I: X—R—X—O—CH 2 —Ar—CH 2— O , (I) wherein —R— is selected from the group consisting of C 1 –C 24 alkyl, C 1 –C 24 substituted alkyl, C 6 –C 24 aryl, and C 6 –C 24 substituted aryl; —Ar— is selected from the group consisting of C 6 –C 24 aryl and C 6 –C 24 substituted aryl; and —X— is selected from the group consisting of null and —C(═O)—; a transition metal oxidation catalyst; and an energy-absorbing compound selected from the group consisting of microwave reactive materials and photoinitiators having a wavelength of maximum absorption of electromagnetic radiation from about 200 nm to about 750 nm.