Patent 7589136 was granted and assigned to DSM (company) on September, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a polymer composition, the process comprising a step of contacting a polymer that comprises carboxyl groups with a cyclic imino ether compound characterized in that the cyclic imino ether compound is a phenylene oxazine according to formula (I), in which formula R=an oxazine group according to formula (II) n=0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 and that the polymer is contacted with said oxazine in an extruder at a temperature above 100° C.