(12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 31 May 2007 (31.05.2007) (10) International Publication Number WO 2007/061672 A3 (61) International Patent Classification: (CBG 64/14 (2006.01) CUSL. 68/00 (2006.01) @1) International Application Number: PCTUS2006/084072 (22) International Filing Dat 1M November 2006 (14.11.2006) es) Filing Language: English 26) lish (0) Priority Data: 11282,377 us 18 November 2005 (18.11.2005) (71) Applicant (for all designated States except US): GEN- ERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY [US/US]; | River Road, Schenectady, NY 12345 (US), m 5) Inventors and Inventor/Applicant (for U [US/US]; 1911 West Ridge Drive, Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 (us), (74) Agents: WINTER, Catherine, J. et al; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Global Patent Operation, 187 Danbury Road, Suite 204, Wilton, 1.06897 (US), (81) Designated States (unless osherwise indicated, jor every Kind of national protection available): AE, NG, AL, AM, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DZ, BC, EE, EG, BS, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, 1S, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, Ls LI; LU, LY, LY, MA, MD, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PG. PH, PL, PT. 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Declarations under Rule 4.17: = as to applicant's entitlement to apply for ana be granted a patent (Rule 4.17()) {sto the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17(i)) Published: with international search report before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and 10 be republished in the event of receipt of damendmenis (88) Date of publication ofthe International seareh report: 12 July 2007 Fortwo-letter codes and other abbreviations, refer tothe “Guid- ‘ance Notes on Codes and Abbreviations” appearing at the begin hing of each regular isue of the PCT Gazette (54) Title: IONIZING RADIATION $ FORMED THEREFROM "ABLE THERMOPLAS' IC COMPOS! TON, METHOD OF MAKING, AND ARTICLE (57) Abstracts A thermoplanticcomposion compe a polycarbonate tatoo ay carbonate endcaped, and an ay ar boxslse endcapped plyeaonate of onus: Ar-C{O)-O-L-ym-O-C(O)-A wherein each Ar is inependenty anal foup -(L)y- is polyarbontlinking group wih munis of king unit am test one wherein he rl caroxylte nd-epped polyerbonate has ay ctboxsletend groups present inthe themoplast composon nan amount of 001 £0 300 molK based On he combined weights ofthe polyatbonate hat ino ay arora end cape, and he ary carbonate endcapped pole (fy bonatc and wherin a molded acl having a hicknes of 3.2012 militeters and consisting ofthe aryl carboxylate end capped ‘S peiyertonat, the peyearbonae and less than or equal to 1.0 pret otal weight of alpha dol a mok-elese agent, and an fnioxidant has, after exposure toatl gamma ration dose of 81 KGy and when measured according to ASTM D 1925-70, an QV increase in yellowness index (dY1) of less than or equal to 24.5, when compared to the unexposed molded article. 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