Printed by Jouve, 75001 PARIS (FR) (19) EP 2 924 096 A1 TEPZZ 9 4Z96A_T (11) EP 2 924 096 A1 (12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION (43) Date of publication: 30.09.2015 Bulletin 2015/40 (21) Application number: 15158746.6 (22) Date of filing: 12.03.2015 (51) Int Cl.: C10C 3/02 (2006.01) C08L 95/00 (2006.01) C08L 75/00 (2006.01) (84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA (30) Priority: 26.03.2014 IN MU10492014 (71) Applicant: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION Ltd. Mumbai 400 051 (IN) (72) Inventors: • Bhatnagar, Akhilesh Kumar FARIDABAD (IN) • Padhan, Rabindra Kumar FARIDABAD (IN) • Gupta, Anurag Ateet 121007 FARIDABAD (IN) • Raman, Naduhatty Selai 121007 FARIDABAD (IN) (74) Representative: Oficina Ponti, SLP C. Consell de Cent, 322 08007 Barcelona (ES) (54) PREPARATION OF POLYMER MODIFIED BITUMEN (PMB) FROM POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PET) DERIVED POLYAMIDO AMINE (57) The present invention relates a novel approach to prepare Polymer Modified Bitumen by using tereph- thalamide additives, derived from PET, for improving bi- tumen quality. Particularly, the present invention pro- vides a process to utilize waste PET, which is a threat to environment and is available commercially in different physical forms, for conversion into industrially useful ad- ditive for bituminous product.