Patent ID: 8426504

Claim:
A hardenable epoxy resin composition comprising a polyamide compound having as a repeating unit thereof a moiety that has a phenolic hydroxyl group and is represented by the following general formula (I) or (II): in the general formula (I), ring-A represents a phenylene group, wherein the phenylene group may be substituted by a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or a C 1-4 alkyl group; R represents a C 2-10 alkylene group, a C 6-18 cycloalkylene group, an arylene group, or a C 13-25 alkylidene diarylene group, wherein these R groups may be substituted by a halogen atom or a C 1-4 alkyl group; and part of the phenolic hydroxyl groups in the repeating units may undergo cyclodehydration with an amide group adjacent to each phenolic hydroxyl group; and in the general formula (II), ring-B represents a C 6-18 arylene group or a C 13-25 alkylidene diarylene group, wherein these groups may be substituted by a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or a C 1-4 alkyl group.