US Patent 7968660 - Polymer-CNT nanoomposites

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This patent from Nanocyl has priority going back to 2003 and includes some basic claims to nanotube-polymer composites. Claim 1 reads:

1. Nanocomposite comprising a dispersion of carbon nanotubes within a polymer matrix, wherein said polymer matrix comprises a polyolefin polymerized in situ on said carbon nanotubes said polyolefin forming a coating around said carbon nanotube.