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EP 0 735 545 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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16.04.1997 Bulletin 1997/16 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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02.10.1996 Bulletin 1996/40 |
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Date of filing: 15.03.1996 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)6: H01B 7/28 |
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AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE |
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Priority: |
30.03.1995 US 413236
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Applicant: UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS & PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION |
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Danbury,
Connecticut 06817-0001 (US) |
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- Gross, Laurence Herbert
Bridgewater,
New Jersey 08807 (US)
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Representative: Allard, Susan Joyce et al |
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BOULT, WADE & TENNANT
27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ
London EC4A 1PQ (GB) |
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Tree resistant cable |
(57) A cable comprising one or more electrical conductors, each, or a core of one or more
electrical conductors, surrounded by an insulating composition comprising:
(i) a homogeneous polyethylene having a polydispersity in the range of about 1.5 to
about 3.5 and an essentially uniform comonomer distribution; and, based on 100 parts
by weight of component (i),
(ii) about 0.1 to about 20 parts by weight of a polyethylene glycol having a molecular
weight in the range of about 1000 to about 30,000.