Abstract: A polymer made by: (A) initially reacting poly(propylene glycol) with tolylene diisocyanate to form an intermediate product, and (B) subsequently reacting the resulting intermediate product with at least one polyol, wherein the polyol was derived from, or is, a plant oil.

Abstract: An ultraviolet radiation-curable composition comprising a polyester having at least one pendant ultraviolet radiation-curable moiety covalently bonded to the polyester, wherein the polyester does not contain any free-radically polymerizable activated C?C groups.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive construct comprising: (A) a backing substrate; and (B) a pressure sensitive adhesive composition disposed on the backing substrate, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive composition includes an ultraviolet radiation-cured polymer made from: (a) at least one epoxidized plant oil, at least one epoxidized animal fat, or a mixture thereof; (b) at least one dicarboxylic acid, at least one polycarboxylic acid, or a mixture thereof; and (c) at least one compound that contains both one carbon-carbon double bond (C?C) and at least one carboxylic acid group.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising a product made from: (i) an acetoacetic ester; (ii) a diacrylate; (iii) a crosslinking agent that contains more than two acryloyl groups; and (iv) a catalyst.

Abstract: A polymer made by: (A) initially reacting poly(propylene glycol) with tolylene diisocyanate to form an intermediate product, and (B) subsequently reacting the resulting intermediate product with at least one polyol, wherein the polyol was derived from, or is, a plant oil.

Abstract: A method for making a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising: (a) making at least one epoxidized fatty acid from at least one plant oil, marine oil, other ester of unsaturated fatty acid, or a mixture thereof; and (b) polymerizing the at least one epoxidized fatty acid to produce a pressure sensitive adhesive. A method for making a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising: (a) making epoxidized oleic acid, an epoxidized linoleic acid (including fully and partially epoxidized linoleic acid), or an epoxidized linolenic acid (including fully and partially epoxidized linolenic acid) from at least one plant oil, marine oil, other ester of unsaturated fatty acid, or making mixture thereof; and (b) polymerizing the epoxidized oleic acid, the epoxidized linoleic acid, the epoxidized linolenic acid, or the mixture thereof to produce a pressure sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: A chewing gum base comprises food acceptable substituted polysaccharides wherein substituents on the saccharide units in the polysaccharides produce a degree of substitution of at least I.0. The polysaccharides may have branches with an average length of 1 to 15 saccharide units per branch. The polysaccharides may be linked saccharide units such as allose, altrose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, 3,6 anhydro galactose, glucuronic acid, mannuronic acid, galacturonic acid, aldobiouronic acid, fucose, rhamnose, arabinose, xylose, talose, acyl substituted glucose, fructose, lactose and combinations thereof.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive construct comprising: (a) a backing substrate; and (b) a pressure sensitive adhesive composition disposed on the backing substrate, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive includes a product made from at least one epoxidized vegetable oil and at least one dibasic acid or anhydride, or a combination of a dibasic acid or anhydride and a monobasic acid or anhydride.

Abstract: A reaction product of: (a)) at least one cinnamyl alcohol or ester of cinnamic acid; (b) at least one unsaturated polyester resin, at least one vinyl ester resin, or a mixture of an unsaturated polyester resin and a vinyl ester resin; (c) at least one (meth)acrylated vegetable oil; and (d) a free radical initiator system.

Abstract: One embodiment is a pressure sensitive adhesive construct comprising: (a) a backing substrate; and (b) a pressure sensitive adhesive composition disposed on the backing substrate, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive composition includes a product made from (i) at least one epoxidized vegetable oil and; (ii) a dimer acid or anhydride thereof, a trimer acid or anhydride thereof, a polymerized fatty acid or anhydride thereof, or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: A method for making a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising: (a) reacting (i) at least one dibasic or polybasic carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof with (ii) at least one first epoxidized fatty acid at a stoichiometric molar excess of reactive carboxylic acid groups relative to reactive epoxy groups to produce a thermoplastic prepolymer or oligomer capped with a carboxylic acid group at both prepolymer or oligomer chain ends, or a thermoplastic branched prepolymer or oligomer with at least two of the prepolymer or oligomer branches and chain ends capped with a carboxylic acid group; and (b) curing the resulting carboxylic acid-capped prepolymer or oligomer with at least one difunctional epoxide or polyfunctional epoxide, and optionally at least one second epoxidized fatty acid, to produce a pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein the difunctional epoxide or polyfunctional epoxide is not an epoxidized vegetable oil.

Abstract: A formaldehyde-free aqueous adhesive composition comprising (a) soy protein and (b) magnesium oxide or a mixture of magnesium oxide and magnesium hydroxide, wherein components (a) and (b) together constitute at least 50 weight percent of the composition, excluding the weight of the water.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive construct comprising: (a) a backing substrate; and (b) a pressure sensitive adhesive composition disposed on the backing substrate, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive includes a product made from at least one epoxidized vegetable oil and at least one dibasic acid or anhydride, or a combination of a dibasic acid or anhydride and a monobasic acid or anhydride.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive construct comprising: (a) a backing substrate; and (b) a pressure sensitive adhesive composition disposed on the backing substrate, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive includes a product made from at least one epoxidized vegetable oil and at least one dibasic acid or anhydride, or a combination of a dibasic acid or anhydride and a monobasic acid or anhydride.

Abstract: A method for making a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising: (a) making at least one epoxidized fatty acid from at least one plant oil, marine oil, other ester of unsaturated fatty acid, or a mixture thereof; and (b) polymerizing the at least one epoxidized fatty acid to produce a pressure sensitive adhesive. A method for making a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising: (a) making epoxidized oleic acid, an epoxidized linoleic acid (including fully and partially epoxidized linoleic acid), or an epoxidized linolenic acid (including fully and partially epoxidized linolenic acid) from at least one plant oil, marine oil, other ester of unsaturated fatty acid, or making mixture thereof; and (b) polymerizing the epoxidized oleic acid, the epoxidized linoleic acid, the epoxidized linolenic acid, or the mixture thereof to produce a pressure sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: A method for making a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising: (a) reacting (i) at least one dibasic acid or anhydride thereof with (ii) at least one epoxide having at least two epoxy groups, one diol or polyol, or one diamine at a stoichiometric molar excess of reactive carboxylic acid groups relative reactive epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups or amine groups to produce a thermoplastic prepolymer or oligomer capped with a carboxylic acid group at both prepolymer or oligomer chain ends, or a thermoplastic branched prepolymer or oligomer with at least two of the prepolymer or oligomer branches and chain ends capped with a carboxylic acid group; and (b) curing the resulting carboxylic acid-capped prepolymer or oligomer with at least one polyfunctional epoxy to produce a pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein the polyfunctional epoxy is not an epoxidized vegetable oil.

Abstract: One embodiment is a pressure sensitive adhesive construct comprising: (a) a backing substrate; and (b) a pressure sensitive adhesive composition disposed on the backing substrate, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive composition includes a product made from (i) at least one epoxidized vegetable oil and; (ii) a dimer acid or anhydride thereof, a trimer acid or anhydride thereof, a polymerized fatty acid or anhydride thereof, or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: A chewing gum base comprises food acceptable substituted polysaccharides wherein substituents on the saccharide units in the polysaccharides produce a degree of substitution of at least I.0. The polysaccharides may have branches with an average length of 1 to 15 saccharide units per branch. The polysaccharides may be linked saccharide units such as allose, altrose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, 3,6 anhydro galactose, glucuronic acid, mannuronic acid, galacturonic acid, aldobiouronic acid, fucose, rhamnose, arabinose, xylose, talose, acyl substituted glucose, fructose, lactose and combinations thereof.

Abstract: A formaldehyde-free aqueous adhesive composition comprising (a) soy protein and (b) magnesium oxide or a mixture of magnesium oxide and magnesium hydroxide, wherein components (a) and (b) together constitute at least 50 weight percent of the composition, excluding the weight of the water.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive construct comprising: (a) a backing substrate; and (b) a pressure sensitive adhesive composition disposed on the backing substrate, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive includes a product made from at least one epoxidized vegetable oil and at least one dibasic acid or anhydride, or a combination of a dibasic acid or anhydride and a monobasic acid or anhydride.