Patent 9657138 was granted and assigned to GS Caltex on May, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a polyamide resin, comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a polyamide polymer by anionically polymerizing a monomer including 2-pyrrolidone; (b) refining an unreacted monomer and a catalyst in the polyamide polymer with water; (c) pH-controlling through an ion exchange of the refined water; and (d) recovering the unreacted monomer by concentrating the pH-controlled water.