Patent 9228057 was granted and assigned to Asahi Kasei on January, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A polyamide comprising a unit containing at least one (a) alicyclic dicarboxylic acid and a unit containing a (b) diamine having 8 or more carbon atoms, wherein the polyamide satisfies the following conditions (1) and (2): (1) a sulfuric acid relative viscosity ηr at 25° C. is 2.3 or more; and (2) Mw (weight average molecular weight)/Mn (number average molecular weight) is 4.0 or less.