Patent 7538178 was granted and assigned to Kureha on May, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An aliphatic polyester improved provided by using water positively as an initiator or/and a molecular weight-adjusting agent, is improved in moisture resistance. More specifically, a cyclic ester containing proton-source compounds including more than 80 ppm of water as an initiator or/and a molecular weight-adjusting agent, is subjected to ring-opening polymerization, and the resultant aliphatic polyester is compounded with a carboxyl group-capping agent to produce such an aliphatic polyester.