PET containers with enhanced thermal properties and process for making same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9023446
APP PUB NO 20120076965A1
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13250189

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A blow-molded PET container comprising a wall having a density of between about 1.370 g/cc and 1.385 g/cc, a heat-induced crystallinity of from about 18% to about 25%, and a strain-induced crystallinity of from about 55% to about 75%, wherein the PET container, when filled with a liquid having a temperature of from about 100° C. to about 132° C. or when subjected to a pasteurization or retort process, will not experience a change in volume of greater than 3%.

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CO2PAC LIMITED145 QUAY STREET UNIT 11 AUCKLAND 1010

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Bobrov, Sergey B Aurora, US 5 28
Evins, Samuel E Olathe, US 7 136
Schneider, Mark D Saint Charles, US 25 418
Silvers, Kerry W Campbellsburg, US 39 1818

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