Patent ID: 9376647
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: C08K,C09D,C09K,C11C

Claim Text:
1. An anhydrous natural oil based thermoreversible ionomeric gel selected from the group consisting of Formulas (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), and mixtures thereof; where R represents the carbon and functional moieties from a natural oil after undergoing the ene or Diels Alder reaction; wherein said natural oil is selected from the group consisting of soybean oil, linseed oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil, avocado oil, rapeseed oil, castor oil, tall oil, rosin oil and tung oil; M is selected from the group consisting of alkali and alkaline earth metals; wherein the natural oil contains greater than about 80 percent of unsaturated or conjugated unsaturated fatty acids that have been reacted with a maleic anhydride substrate capable of undergoing an ene or Diels Alder reaction to form an adduct; said adduct being subjected to a reaction with an alkali or alkaline earth metal hydroxide or alkali or alkaline earth metal carbonate base to form the anhydrous thermoreversible ionomeric gel.