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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:
Aug. 10, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Neville E Drysdale, Newark, DE (US);
Thomas M Ford, Greenville, DE (US);
Stephan J McLain, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ; C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528354 ; 525415 ; 528357 ;
Abstract
A process for polymerizing lactide and up to 20 mole percent of another lactone in the absence of solvent at 100.degree. to 220.degree. C. using an yttrium or lanthanide series rare earth metal catalyst.