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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:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis L Wood, Rockville, MD (US);
Gary J Calton, Elkridge, MD (US);
Assignee:
Bayer AG, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ; C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528363 ; 525418 ; 525419 ; 525420 ; 525539 ; 528392 ;
Abstract
Polyaspartate, useful for inhibition of incrustations due to materials causing hardness in water and of value in detergent formulations, can be prepared by reacting malic acid, maleic acid or fumaric acid with ammonia, in a molar ratio of 1:1-2.1 at temperatures greater than 140.degree. C., followed by conversion of the polysuccinimide formed in this reaction to a salt of polyaspartic acid by basic hydrolysis.