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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. 13, 2010
Filed:
May. 09, 2007
Applicants:
Galen Suppes, Columbia, MO (US);
Fu-hung Hsieh, Columbia, MO (US);
Yuan-chan Tu, Columbia, MO (US);
Pimphan Kiatsimkul, Columbia, MO (US);
Inventors:
Galen Suppes, Columbia, MO (US);
Fu-hung Hsieh, Columbia, MO (US);
Yuan-Chan Tu, Columbia, MO (US);
Pimphan Kiatsimkul, Columbia, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09F 7/00 (2006.01); C07C 2/02 (2006.01); C08G 63/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides processes for converting a vegetable oil to a polymer. In particular, the processing steps comprise bodying, epoxidation, hydrolysis, and oligomerization. These processes provide new processing paths for the formation of polyols for use in rigid foam and other applications.