Ex parte PELLICONI et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1998-3115                                                        
          Application No. 08/384,520                                                  




                    1.  A thermoplastic composition comprising:                       
                    (A) from 1 to 99% by weight of an amorphous                       
                    propylene polymer having the following                            
                    characteristics:                                                  
                         (i) intrinsic viscosity greater than 1 dl/g;                 
                         (ii) percentage of syndiotactic diads (r) minus              
                         percentage of isotactic diads (m) greater than               
                         0;                                                           
                         (iii) less than 2% of the CH  groups contained               
                                                     2                                
                         in the sequences (CH )  with n greater than or               
                                             2 n’                                     
                         equal to 2;                                                  
                         (iv) Bernouillianity index (B)=1± 0.2;                       
                         (v)  melting enthalpy value lower than 10 J/g;               
                         and                                                          
                         (vi) a ratio of M /M  lower than 4; and                      
                                          w  n                                        
                    (B) from 1 to 99% by weight of a component B  havingII                    
                    the following composition:                                        
                        (a) 10-50% by weight of at least one polymer                 
                         selected from the group consisting of propylene              
                         homopolymers having an isotactic index higher                
                         than 80, and copolymers of propylene with at                 
                         least one comonomer selected from ethylene and               
                         the "-olefins of formula CH =CHR where R is an               
                                                    2                                 
                         alkyl radical containing from 2 to 8 carbons                 
                         atoms, said copolymer containing at least 85% by             
                         weight of units deriving from propylene,                     
                         (b) 0-20% by weight of a copolymer containing                
                         ethylene, insoluble in xylene at room                        
                         temperature, and                                             
                         (C) 40-80% by weight of a copolymer containing               
                         10-40% by weight of units deriving from                      
                         ethylene, 90-60% by weight of units deriving                 
                         from at least one comonomer selected from the                
                         group consisting of propylene and the "-olefins              
                         of formula CH =CHR wherein R is an alkyl radical             
                                      2                                               
                         containing from 2 to 8 carbons atoms, and 0-5%               
                         of units deriving from a diene, said copolymer               
                         being soluble in xylene at room temperature and              

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