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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2012
Applicants:
Richard C. Larock, Ames, IA (US);
Phillip H. Henna, Prairie du Chien, WI (US);
Michael R. Kessier, Ames, IA (US);
Inventors:
Richard C. Larock, Ames, IA (US);
Phillip H. Henna, Prairie du Chien, WI (US);
Michael R. Kessier, Ames, IA (US);
Assignee:
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09F 1/04 (2006.01); C08G 61/08 (2006.01); C08F 4/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a method for producing a thermosetting resin from renewable oils, the method comprising supplying renewable oil molecules containing strained ring alkene moieties; reacting the alkene moieties with cyclic alkenes to create a polymer; and repeating the above two steps until the resin having desired characteristics are obtained. Also provided is a thermoset resin comprising functionalized renewable oil polymerized with a co-monomer.