Cycloolefin polymers obtained from resinous monomers

Claim 1

A composition comprised of a ring-opened polymerized polymer derived from cycloolefin monomers of which at least about 5 weight percent, based on the total weight of cycloolefin monomers, are one or more resinous cycloolefin monomers conforming to a formula selected from the group consisting of formulas I and II below: wherein: (a) n of Formula I is a whole number of from 1 to 10 having a average value greater than 1 for all the resinous cycloolefin monomers of Formula I in said ring-opened polymerized polymer; (b) both m and m′ of Formula II are independently whole numbers of from 1 to 9 wherein the sum of m+m′ is less than 10 for each resinous cycloolefin monomer and the average value of m+m′ for all the resinous cycloolefin monomers of Formula II in said ring-opening polymerized polymer is greater than 2; and (c) where n is 2 or more, A and B of Formula I are (i) independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl groups of from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkylene groups of from 2 to 12 carbon atoms, substituted and unsubstituted aryl groups of from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, saturated and unsaturated cycloalkyl and substituted cycloalkyl groups of from 6 to 20 carbon atoms or (ii) combined together to form cyclic groups of 4 to 12 carbon atoms with the two ring carbon atoms connected thereto and are selected from unsaturated cyclic structures, saturated cyclic structures and combinations of both, and (d) where n is equal to 1, A and B are combined together to form cyclic groups of 4 to 12 carbon atoms with the two ring carbon atoms connected thereto and are selected from unsaturated cyclic structures, cyclic structures and combinations of both.