Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Steven J. Trazaska
  • Patent number: 6825242
    Abstract: Radically post-crosslinked polymers are made by a process comprising the steps of: (1) forming a polyurethane (at) by reacting a compound (a) with an aliphatic and/or an aromatic isocyanate and a compound (c) wherein compound (a) is the product of the reaction of an epoxidized fatty acid ester and/or an epoxidized triglyceride with acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid and wherein compound (c) is a diallyl phthalate; (2) forming a crosslinked polyurethane by reacting the polyurethane (a*) with a radical initiator (b). The polymers are useful as components in composites comprised of natural and/or synthetic fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Sulzbach, Ralf Bemmann, Rainer Hoefer, Michael Skwiercz