Patent ID: 8206825

Claim:
A wire or a cable comprising: (a) a conductor or an optical fiber, and (b) a coating that covers at least a portion of the conductor or the optical fiber, said coating comprising from about 45 wt % to about 99.9 wt % of a polyolefin and wherein the coating contains from about 0.005 wt % to about 5 wt % of antioxidants, and said antioxidants consisting of one or more phenolic polymeric antioxidants having a molecular weight of from 1,000 to 2,000,000 and a recurring unit selected from the group consisting of (I), (II), and mixtures thereof: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, acyl, and aryl; ring A and ring B are each independently substituted with at least one tert-butyl group or n-alkoxycarbonyl group; and ring A and ring B are each independently substituted with at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, amino, thiol, alkyl, aryl and alkoxycarbonyl groups, wherein the wire or cable contains a water-blocking agent; and wherein the coating, after thermal aging in a water-blocking agent at 70° C. for at least 7 days, has an OIT within the range of about 18 minutes to about 48 minutes.