Lactide copolymers and ring-opened lactide copolymers

US11267936B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-11267936-B2
Application numberUS-202016775874-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJan 29, 2020
Priority dateMar 8, 2017
Publication dateMar 8, 2022
Grant dateMar 8, 2022

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An article of manufacture. The article of manufacture includes a ring-opened lactide copolymer. The ring-opened lactide copolymer is formed in a process that includes reacting a functionalized lactide monomer with a BPA-derived monomer. The reaction forms a lactide copolymer, which is reacted to form the ring-opened lactide copolymer.

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What is claimed is: 1. An article of manufacture, comprising a ring-opened lactide copolymer formed from an epoxide-functionalized lactide monomer and a bisphenol monomer. 2. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the ring-opened lactide copolymer has the following structure: 3. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the ring-opened lactide copolymer has the following structure: 4. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the ring-opened lactide copolymer is a component of a resin. 5. The article of manufacture of claim 4 , wherein the resin is a thermoset epoxy resin. 6. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the article of manufacture is selected from the group consisting of: a coating, an electrical insulator, a fiber-reinforced plastic, and an adhesive. 7. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the ring-opened lactide copolymer is cross-linked by crosslinking moieties. 8. The article of manufacture of claim 7 , wherein the crosslinking moieties are selected from the group consisting of epoxies, isocyanates, carbonates, esters, and combinations thereof. 9. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the ring-opened lactide copolymer is formed in a process that includes a reaction to form a lactide copolymer. 10. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the functionalized lactide monomer is selected from the group consisting of: 11. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the ring-opened lactide copolymer is formed in a process that includes a ring-opening reaction with a lactide copolymer. 12. The article of manufacture of claim 11 , wherein the ring-opening reaction includes mixing the lactide copolymer with a tin(II) octanoate material. 13. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the epoxide-functionalized lactide monomer is formed in a reaction involving dimethylidene lactide. 14. The article of manufacture of claim 13 , wherein the reaction includes reacting the dimethylidene lactide with 2-oxiranemethanethiol. 15. The article of manufacture of claim 7 , wherein the cross-linking includes binding to hydroxyl groups on the ring-opened lactide copolymer.

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  • Dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds · CPC title

  • Compositions of epoxy resins; Compositions of derivatives of epoxy resins · CPC title

  • Coating compositions based on epoxy resins; Coating compositions based on derivatives of epoxy resins · CPC title

  • heterocyclic · CPC title

  • containing polyether sequences · CPC title

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What does patent US11267936B2 cover?
An article of manufacture. The article of manufacture includes a ring-opened lactide copolymer. The ring-opened lactide copolymer is formed in a process that includes reacting a functionalized lactide monomer with a BPA-derived monomer. The reaction forms a lactide copolymer, which is reacted to form the ring-opened lactide copolymer.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
IBM
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification C08G63/6886. Mapped technology areas include Chemistry & Metallurgy.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 08 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 12 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).