Appeal No. 1996-1716 Application No. 08/344,532 APPENDIX 1. An epoxy adhesive composition comprising: (a) a major amount of an epoxy resin having an average epoxide functionality of greater than one; (b) an oligomeric polyester which is, on average, terminated by at least two hydroxyl groups and which is the reaction product of starting materials comprising: (i) a dicarboxylic acid, a dicarboxylic acid derivative or a mixture of one or more of the foregoing, each comprising a moiety linking the carboxyl groups thereof separating the carboxyl groups by about one to about ten carbon atoms and each further comprising an appended alkyl group comprising about eight to about thirty carbon atoms; and (ii) an aliphatic polyol, a cycloaliphatic polyol, an alkanol substituted arene polyol, or a mixture of one or more of the foregoing, the polyol comprising from about three to about ten carbon atoms and at least two hydroxy groups being primary or secondary; and (c) a catalytically effective amount of an acid catalyst. 12Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007