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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. 03, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard C. Larock, Ames, IA (US);
Mark Hanson, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 1/00 ; C08F 4/06 ; C08G 6/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 1/00 ; C08F 4/06 ; C08G 6/300 ;
Abstract
Biological oils, conjugated biological oils, and metathesized or cometathesized biological oils are polymerized or co-polymerized faith divinylbenzene, norboradiene and dicyclopentadiene using a BF,.OEt,initiator to provide plastics from renewable resources. The products are thermosetting polymers having highly crosslinked structures, room temperature modulus of about 10,Pa, and excellent thermal stability, making the products useful for applications where current biodegradable plastics are not useable.