Ex Parte PEIFFER et al - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1997-3497                                       Page 2           
          Application No. 08/312,295                                                  

                    one propylene polymer-containing ply, said                        
                    film structure:                                                   
                         having been stretched longitudinally at                      
                    a stretching temperature in the range of 80                       
                    to 150°C and with a longitudinal stretching                       
                    ratio of 5.5:1 to 9:1 and having been                             
                    stretched transversely at a stretching                            
                    temperature in the range of 120 to 170°C and                      
                    with a transverse stretching ratio of 5:1 to                      
                    9:1, said longitudinal and transverse                             
                    stretching ratios having been selected and                        
                    employed in combination to provide a modulus                      
                    of elasticity of the film structure in the                        
                    longitudinal direction which is greater than                      
                    2,500 N/mm2 and a modulus of elasticity of                        
                    the film structure in the transverse                              
                    direction which is greater than 4,000 N/mm2,                      
                    said moduli of elasticity having been                             
                    determined in accordance with German                              
                    Engineering Standard DIN 53 457;                                  
                         said propylene polymer of said propylene                     
                    polymer ply having an n-heptane-insoluble                         
                    fraction which has a triad-related chain                          
                    isotaxy index, measured by means of 13C-NMR                       
                    spectroscopy, of at least 95%;                                    
                         said propylene polymer-containing ply                        
                    containing less than 1% by weight, based on                       
                    the total weight of the film structure, of                        
                    hydrocarbon resin having a molecular weight                       
                    less than 5,000;                                                  
                         the water vapor transmission, WVT, of                        
                    the film structure, as defined in accordance                      
                    with German Engineering Standard DIN 53 122,                      
                    being determined by the formula                                   
                                   c                                                  
                              WVT Ÿ-                                                  
                                   d                                                  
                    where d is the thickness of the film in µm                        
                    and C is 22.5 g@µm/m2.                                            

                         28.  A biaxially oriented polypropylene                      
                    film structure comprising at least one                            
                    polypylene polymer-containing ply, said                           







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