Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
64 words
AN ACIDIC RESIN COMPRISING THE REACTION PRODUCT OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS: I. AN EPOXY RESIN HAVING A MEAN MOLECULAR WEIGHT BETWEEN 100 AND 20,000 AND CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE OXIRANE RING PER MOLECULE; II. AT LEAST ONE POLYUNSATURATED MONOCARBOXYLIC FATTY ACID HAVING FROM 8 TO 20 CARBON ATOMS AND MORE THAN ONE OLEFINIC DOUBLE BOND; AND III. AN A,B-UNSATURATED MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID OF THE FORMULA:
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
64 words
AN ACIDIC RESIN COMPRISING THE REACTION PRODUCT OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS: I. AN EPOXY RESIN HAVING A MEAN MOLECULAR WEIGHT BETWEEN 100 AND 20,000 AND CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE OXIRANE RING PER MOLECULE; II. AT LEAST ONE POLYUNSATURATED MONOCARBOXYLIC FATTY ACID HAVING FROM 8 TO 20 CARBON ATOMS AND MORE THAN ONE OLEFINIC DOUBLE BOND; AND III. AN A,B-UNSATURATED MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID OF THE FORMULA:
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A resin according to claim 1, wherein component (I) is an epoxy resin selected from the group consisting of bisphenol epoxy resins and aliphatic epoxy resins.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
A resin according to claim 1, wherein component (II) is a mixture of polyunsaturated monocarboxylic fatty acids consisting of at least one member of the group consisting of dehydrated castor oil fatty acids, linseed oil fatty acids and isomerginic acids.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
A resin according to claim 1, wherein component (III) is acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, or a mixture thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
63 words
A resin according to claim 1, wherein the reaction product further comprises a phenolic compound (IV), said phenolic compound being phenol or a para-substituted phenol wherein the para-substitutent is a C1-C6 alkyl, phenyl, -CH2R or OR, is which R is a C1-C6 alkyl or phenyl, and the molar ratio of said components (I), (IV), (II) and (III) is between 1:1:1:0.5 and 1: 2.5:12:8.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A resin according to claim 5, wherein component (III) is partially or completely substituted by a component (V) consisting of an Alpha , Beta -unsaturated dicarboxylic acid of the formula:
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
A resin according to claim 6, wherein component (V) is fumaric acid, maleic acid or maleic acid anhydride.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
A process for preparing a resin according to claim 1, comprising reacting components (II) and (III) at a temperature between 100*C and 280*C to form an adduct and thereafter reacting said adduct with component (I) to form the resin.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
A process for preparing a resin according to claim 1, comprising reacting components (I) and (II) at a temperature between 100*C and 280*C to form an epoxy ester and thereafter reacting said epoxy ester with component (III) to form the resin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
85 words
A process for preparing a water-soluble, -emulsifiable or -dilutable resin comprising diluting the acidic resin of claim 1 in a solvent selected from the group consisting of butylcellosolve, monoethyl ether of ethyleneglycol, monoethyl either of diethyleneglycol, butyl ether of ethyleneglycol, methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, n-butyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, acetone, methyl-ethyl-ketone, methyl-isobutyl-ketone, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate; and neutralizing the diluted acidic resin with an organic or inorganic base selected from the group consisting of mono-ethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, triethylamine, mono-propanolamine, dipropanolamine, NaOH, KOH, and NH4OH.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
57 words
A process for preparing a resin according to claim 2, comprising reacting components (II) and (III) at a temperature between 100*C and 300*C to form an adduct and thereafter esterifying said adduct, at a temperature between 150*C and 250*C, with an intermediate obtained by reacting component (I) with component (IV) at a temperature between 60*C and 200*C.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
56 words
A process for preparing a resin according to claim 5, comprising reacting components (I) and (IV) at a temperature between 60*C and 200*C, to form an intermediate, esterifying said intermediate with component (II) at a temperature between 150*C and 260*C, and reacting the product thus obtained with component (III) at a temperature between 100*C and 250*C.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
85 words
A process for preparing a water-soluble, -emulsifiable or -dilutable resin comprising diluting the acidic resin of claim 5 in a solvent selected from the group consisting of butycellosolve, monoethyl ether of ethyleneglycol, monoethyl ether of diethyleneglycol, butyl ether of ethyleneglycol, methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, n-butyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, acetone, methyl-ethyl-ketone, methyl-isobutyl-ketone, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate; and neutralizing the diluted acidic resin with an organic and inorganic base selected from the group consisting of mono-ethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, triethylamine, mono-propanolamine, dipropanolamine, NaOH, KOH, and NH4OH.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
59 words
A process for preparing a resin according to claim 6, comprising reacting components (II) and (III) and/or (V) at a temperature between 100*C and 300*C to form an adduct and thereafter esterifying said adduct, at a temperature between 150*C and 250*C with an intermediate obtained by reacting component (I) with component (IV) at a temperature between 60*C and 200*C.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
58 words
A process for preparing a resin according to claim 6, comprising reacting components (I) and (IV) at a temperature between 60*C and 200*C to form an intermediate, esterifying said intermediate with component (II) at a temperature between 150*C and 260*C and reacting the product thus obtained with component (III) and/or (V) at a temperature between 100*C and 250*C.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
83 words
A process for preparing a water-sOluble, -emulsifiable or -dilutable resin comprising diluting the acidic resin of claim 6 in a solvent selected from the group consisting of butycellosolve, monoethyl ether of ethyleneglycol, monoethyl either of diethyleneglycol, butyl ether of ethylenglycol, methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, n-butyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, acetone, methyl-ethyl-ketone, methyl-isobutyl-ketone, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate; and neutralilzing the diluted acidic resin with an organic base selected from the group consisting of mono-ethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, triethylamine, mono-propanolamine, dipropanolamine, NaOH, KOH, and NH4OH.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process according to claim 8, wherein the reaction between components (II) and (III) is effected in the presence of a homopolymerization-inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of quinones and hydroquinones.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
36 words
A process according to claim 8, wherein the reaction between the adduct and component (I) is catalyzed with a base selected from the group consisting of benzyldimethylamine, triethylamine, dimethylethanolamine, benzyltrimethylammonium hydroxide, KOH, NaOH, LiOH and Na2CO3.