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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Rohm and Haas Company, Collegeville, PA (US);
Edwin Nungesser, Horsham, PA (US);
Andrew Hejl, Landsdale, PA (US);
Caiyun Li, Shanghai, CN;
Pu Luo, King Of Prussia, PA (US);
Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for forming chrome-free retanned leather including: (a) contacting wet white (chrome-free tanned hide) with a retanning mixture comprising from 2% to 15%, by solids weight, based on the wet weight of the wet white, of an amphoteric polymer composition comprising amine functional units and acid functional units; and (b) applying a polymeric overcoat containing an acrylic copolymer with one or more metal transition elements, with a thickness of no greater than 100 microns, to the retanned wet white, is provided. The present invention also provides a chrome-free retanned leather formed by the method.