Patent ID: RE39615

Claim:
An adhesive composition, comprising: (A) at least one phenolic resole resin; and (B) the product made by reacting (B-1) at least one difunctional epoxy resin, with (B-2) at least one compound represented by the formulae wherein in Formulae (I) and (II): G, T and Q are each independently functional groups selected from the group consisting of COOH, OH, SH, NH 2 , NHR 1 , (NHC(═NH)) m NH 2 , R 2 COOH, R 2 OH, NR 1 2 , C(O)NHR 1 , R 2 NR 1 2 , R 2 SH, R 2 NH 2 and R 2 NHR 1 , wherein R 1 is a hydrocarbon group, R 2 is an alkylene or alkylidene group and m is a number in the range of 1 to about 4; T can also be R 1 , OR 1 or SO 2 C 6 H 4 —NH 2 ; and Q can also be H.