Multilayered polymer films with recyclable or recycled layers
First Claim
1. A multilayered optical film, comprising:
- a stack of layers comprising one or more first optical layers comprising a birefringent first polymer;
one or more second optical layers comprising a second polymer; and
one or more non-optical layers comprising polymer material;
wherein the first polymer comprises first monomer subunits and the second polymer comprises second monomer subunits different from the first monomer subunits, and the polymer material of the one or more non-optical layers comprises the first and second monomer subunits, based on total monomer subunits, in the same relative molar proportions as the molar proportions of the first and second monomer subunits in a combination of all the first and second optical layers of the multilayered polymer film.
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Abstract
A multilayered polymer film is formed with a stack of one or more first optical layers, one or more second optical layers, and one or more non-optical layers. These optical and non-optical layers are typically made using polymer materials, such as polyesters. In one embodiment, the non-optical layers are made from a polyester having a composition which corresponds to the average molar composition of the combination of all of the first and second optical layers. Using this formulation, scrap material from the manufacture of multilayered polymer films may be used to generate the non-optical layers in subsequent films. Alternatively, the non-optical layers of a multilayered polymer film are made using scrap material from prior-manufactured multilayered polymer films with the optional addition of other polymer material which may be either new or recycled.
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33 Claims
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1. A multilayered optical film, comprising:
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a stack of layers comprising one or more first optical layers comprising a birefringent first polymer;
one or more second optical layers comprising a second polymer; and
one or more non-optical layers comprising polymer material;
wherein the first polymer comprises first monomer subunits and the second polymer comprises second monomer subunits different from the first monomer subunits, and the polymer material of the one or more non-optical layers comprises the first and second monomer subunits, based on total monomer subunits, in the same relative molar proportions as the molar proportions of the first and second monomer subunits in a combination of all the first and second optical layers of the multilayered polymer film. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A multilayered polymer film comprising:
a stack of layers using one or more first optical layers, one or more second optical layers, and one or more non-optical layers, the one or more first optical layers comprising a first polymer, the one or more second optical layers comprising a second polymer, and the one or more non-optical layers comprising a third polymer, wherein the third polymer consists essentially of monomer subunits, based on total monomer subunits, in the same relative molar proportions as the molar proportions of all of the monomer subunits in a combination of all the first and second optical layers of the multilayered polymer film. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A multilayered polymer film comprising:
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a stack of layers comprising one or more first optical layers comprising a first polyester, wherein the first polyester comprises first carboxylate subunits;
one or more second optical layers comprising a second polyester, wherein the second polyester comprises second carboxylate subunits, the first and second carboxylate subunits being different; and
one or more non-optical layers comprising a third polyester, wherein the third polyester comprises the first and second carboxylate subunits in the same relative molar proportions, based on total carboxylate subunits, as the molar proportions of the first and second carboxylate subunits in a combination of all the first and second optical layers of the multilayered polymer film. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A multilayered polymer film comprising:
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a stack of layers comprising one or more first optical layers comprising a first polyester, wherein the first polyester comprises first glycol subunits;
one or more second optical layers comprising a second polyester, wherein the second polyester comprises second glycol subunits, the first and second glycol subunits being different; and
one or more non-optical layers comprising a third polyester, wherein the third polyester comprises the first and second glycol subunits in the same relative molar proportions, based on total glycol subunits, as the molar proportions of the first and second glycol subunits in a combination of all the first and second optical layers of the multilayered polymer film. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A multilayered optical film, comprising:
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a stack of layers comprising one or more first optical layers comprising a birefringent first polyester;
one or more second optical layers comprising a second polyester, and one or more non-optical layers comprising polyester material that is recycled from one or more prior-manufactured multilayered polymer films, wherein the first polyester comprises first carboxylate subunits and the second polyester comprises second carboxylate subunits, and the polyester material of the one or more non-optical layers comprises the first and second carboxylate subunits in the same relative molar proportions, based on total carboxylate subunits, as the molar proportions of the first and second carboxylate subunits in a combination of all the first and second optical layers of the multilayered optical film. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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