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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2011
Takuya Minezaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Hirokane, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Minezaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Hirokane, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a polyester resin including a diol constitutional unit and a dicarboxylic acid constitutional unit as main constitutional units, in which the diol constitutional unit contains from 70 to 95% by mol of a constitutional unit derived from ethylene glycol and from 5 to 30% by mol of a constitutional unit derived from tricyclodecane dimethanol or pentacyclopentadecane dimethanol, and the dicarboxylic acid constitutional unit contains 50% by mol or more of a constitutional unit derived from a naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, and an optical lens obtained by molding the polyester resin. According to the present invention, there are provided a polyester resin that has a high refractive index and a low Abbe number and can be molded into a good optical lens, and an optical lens obtained by molding the polyester resin.