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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2016
Applicant:
University of Houston System, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 67/04 (2006.01); C08L 91/00 (2006.01); C08K 5/101 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 67/04 (2013.01); C08L 91/00 (2013.01); C08K 5/101 (2013.01); C08L 2201/06 (2013.01); C08L 2205/025 (2013.01); C08L 2205/03 (2013.01); C08L 2205/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Biorenewable additives or modifiers can be used for improving the performance of biorenewable thermoplastics. Modified natural oils, unmodified natural oils, and compatibilizers, as well as mixtures thereof, can be used in combination with a biorenewable thermoplastic such as polylactide (PLA) in order to produce an improved thermoplastic. Modified natural oils include acrylated epoxidized soybean oil (AESO), unmodified natural oils include unmodified soybean oil (SYBO), and the compatibilizers may be star polymer compatibilizers. The improved thermoplastic may have improved tensile properties with little plasticization.