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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:
Apr. 16, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528354 ; 525408 ; 525415 ; 525450 ; 528357 ; 528361 ;
Abstract
A method for producing a polylactic acid of the present invention includes the steps of (a) polymerizing a lactide used as a main starting material in a molten state to give a polylactic acid; and (b) further polymerizing the polylactic acid obtained in step (a) in a solid phase by heating at a temperature lower than a melting point of a final polymer product.