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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:
Jun. 02, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nippon Oil & Fat Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528503 ; 5253295 ; 525383 ; 525388 ; 526271 ; 528481 ; 528480 ; 525374 ;
Abstract
According to the invention, a method for modifying a polyfumaric acid diester is provided. The method comprises subjecting the polyfumaric acid diester to thermal treatment to thereby obtain a polyfumarate having carboxyl groups. The polyfumaric acid diester is obtained by polymerizing a fumaric acid diester represented by the following general formula of: ##STR1## wherein R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms or an organic residue having at least one aromatic ring.