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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Dennis W. Smith, Seneca, SC (US);
Dahlia Haynes, Central, SC (US);
Amit K. Naskar, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Dennis W. Smith, Seneca, SC (US);
Dahlia Haynes, Central, SC (US);
Amit K. Naskar, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 63/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a process for producing lactide-based copolymers and the copolymers produced by this process. Disclosed copolymers are formed in one embodiment through the copolymerization of a lactide monomer with a fluorinated diol, for example a perfluorinated polyether monomer, oligomer or copolymer. The disclosed materials may display improved mechanical characteristics, hydrolytic characteristics, and thermal characteristics as compared to previously known lactide-based materials.