Poly(propylene fumarate)-based copolymers for 3D printing applications
US12258443B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29K2105/0002
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In various embodiments, the present invention is directed to a PPF-based copolymer for 3D printing applications and methods for its making and use. These copolymers have a viscosity in a printable viscosity range and allow light transmittance at curing wavelengths. In various embodiments, a lower viscosity copolymers are obtained by substitution of a portion of maleic anhydride with succinic anhydride and then forming a poly(propylene fumarate-co-succinate) copolymer by the copolymerization of maleic anhydride and succinic anhydride with propylene oxide via Mg(BHT)2(THF)2 catalyzed ring opening copolymerization (ROCOP). Because of their lower viscosities, these copolymers require less, if any, diethyl fumarate (DEF) to prepare the 3D printing resin, while the mechanical properties can still be adjusted as with a PPF polymer prepared without the succinic anhydride.
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