CN110023441B - 适用于可再封闭包装的基于聚1-丁烯聚合物和苯乙烯共聚物的可挤出压敏粘合剂 - Google Patents
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| EP16200045.9 | 2016-11-22 | ||
| EP16200045.9A EP3323866B1 (en) | 2016-11-22 | 2016-11-22 | Extrudable pressure sensitive adhesive based on polybutene-1 polymer and a styrene copolymer suitable for reclosable packagings |
| PCT/EP2017/078880 WO2018095744A1 (en) | 2016-11-22 | 2017-11-10 | Extrudable pressure sensitive adhesive based on polybutene-1 polymer and a styrene copolymer suitable for reclosable packagings |
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| US4833192A (en) * | 1988-05-12 | 1989-05-23 | Baychem International, Inc. | Compatible polymer blends useful as melt adhesives (II) |
| CN1145085A (zh) * | 1994-04-12 | 1997-03-12 | 美国3M公司 | 用于多孔膜的粘合剂 |
| CN103154176A (zh) * | 2010-10-21 | 2013-06-12 | 巴塞尔聚烯烃意大利有限责任公司 | 含丁烯-1共聚物的压敏粘合剂 |
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