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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shelby F. Thames, Hattiesburg, MS (US);
Richard C. Cook, Evansville, IN (US);
Sharathkumar K. Mendon, Hattiesburg, MS (US);
Assignee:
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 8/900 ; C08L 9/100 ; C09D / ; C09J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 8/900 ; C08L 9/100 ; C09D / ; C09J / ;
Abstract
A soy protein based adhesive useful in particleboards and other composites is formed from a mixture of soy protein isolate, a polyol plasticizer and a vegetable oil derivative. The preferred plasticizer is glycerol and the preferred vegetable oil derivative is the maleinized methyl ester of tung oil.