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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Dharma R. Kodali, Plymouth, MN (US);
Lucas J. Stolp, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mrinal Bhattacharya, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 67/08 (2006.01); C07C 69/67 (2006.01); C07C 67/26 (2006.01); C07C 69/675 (2006.01); C08K 5/10 (2006.01); C08K 5/101 (2006.01); C11C 3/00 (2006.01); C11C 3/08 (2006.01); C08L 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 5/10 (2013.01); C07C 67/08 (2013.01); C07C 67/26 (2013.01); C07C 69/67 (2013.01); C07C 69/675 (2013.01); C08K 5/101 (2013.01); C08L 27/06 (2013.01); C11C 3/00 (2013.01); C11C 3/003 (2013.01); C11C 3/006 (2013.01); C11C 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A composition includes estolide esters of vegetable oil fatty acid alkyl esters where the vegetable oil has an unsaturation greater than 90 IV. The fatty acid alkyl esters include unsaturated and saturated fatty acid alkyl esters, and each unsaturated fatty acid alkyl ester has greater than one estolide ester functionality.