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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:
Sep. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel A Batzel, Skokie, IL (US);
James F Kneller, LaGrange Park, IL (US);
Abdul R Meah, Justice, IL (US);
Assignee:
Donlar Corporation, Bedford Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
548520 ; 528328 ; 530333 ; 548545 ;
Abstract
Polysuccinimide of varying molecular weight has been prepared by heat polymerization of aspartic acid in the presence of a sulfur-containing dehydrating agent employing a variety of reaction mixtures and reaction conditions. Sulfur trioxide and heat decomposable sulfur trioxide precursor dehydrating agents are preferred for this purpose. The presence of an acid scavenger within the reaction mixture is desirable and leads to a relatively higher molecular weight polysuccinimide, while the absence of an acid scavenger results in a relatively lower molecular weight polysuccinimide.