Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
158 words
A method for preparing a curable polymer composition comprising the step of mixing: (A) 100 parts by weight of an oxyalkylene base polymer having at least one silicon-containing group to the silicon atom of which a hydroxy group and/or a hydrolyzable group is bonded and which is crosslinkable through formation of a siloxane bond, (B) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound having one silanol group in a molecule and a compound which, when reacted with moisture, generates a compound having one silanol group in a molecule, (C) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a compound having a silicon-containing group to the silicon atom of which two hydrolyzable groups are bonded and an amino group, and (D) 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a compound having a silicon-containing group to the silicon atom of which three hydrolyzable groups are bonded and an amino group.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
158 words
A method for preparing a curable polymer composition comprising the step of mixing: (A) 100 parts by weight of an oxyalkylene base polymer having at least one silicon-containing group to the silicon atom of which a hydroxy group and/or a hydrolyzable group is bonded and which is crosslinkable through formation of a siloxane bond, (B) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound having one silanol group in a molecule and a compound which, when reacted with moisture, generates a compound having one silanol group in a molecule, (C) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a compound having a silicon-containing group to the silicon atom of which two hydrolyzable groups are bonded and an amino group, and (D) 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a compound having a silicon-containing group to the silicon atom of which three hydrolyzable groups are bonded and an amino group.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the backbone of the oxyalkylene base polymer (A) comprises repeating units of the formula: -R¹-O- wherein R¹ is a substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
10 words
A method according to claim 2, wherein R¹ is -CH(CH₃)-CH₂-.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 1, wherein the silicon-containing reactive group bonded to the backbone of the polymer (A) is represented by the formula: wherein R² is a substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₄₀ organic group; X is a hydroxyl group or a hydrolyzable group; a is 0, 1 or 2; b is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and m is an integer of 0 to 19, provided that when two or more R² groups are present, they may be the same or different, that when two or more X′ substituents are present, they may be the same or different, that the sum of a and b is not less than 1 (one), that when m is not less than 2, the kinds of the repeating units in the brackets may be the same or different.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 4, wherein X in the formula (I) is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, a ketoximate group, an amino group, an amido group, an aminoxy group, a mercapto group or an alkenyloxy group, and when two or more X groups are present, they may be the same or different.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method according to claim 5, wherein X in the formula (I) is the alkoxy group.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 6, wherein X is a methoxy group.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
56 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the compound having one silanol group in a molecule is a compound of the formula: (R³)₃SiOH wherein R³ are the same or different and a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a substitured or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
67 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the compound which, when reacted with moisture, generates the compound having one silanol group in a molecule is a derivative of a compound of the formula: (R³)₃SiOH wherein R³ are the same or different and a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method according to claim 1, the silicon-containing group to the silicon atom of which two hydrolyzable groups are bonded in the compound (C) is a group of the formula: wherein R² is the same as defined above and X′ is a hydrolyzable group.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the amino group in the compound (C) is -NH₂.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the silicon-containing group to the silicon atom of which the hydrolyzable groups are bonded in the compound (D) is a group of the formula: SiX′₃ wherein X′ is a hydrolyzable group.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the amino group in the compound (D) is -NH₂.