Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
A SURFACE-COATING COMPOSITION HAVING IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO ATTACK BY BACTERIA AND FUNGI THAT COMPRISES (1) A WATER-INSOLUBLE, FILM-FORMING, RESINOUS BINDER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SYNTHETIC LINEAR ADDITION POLYMERS PREPARED BY THE EMULSION POLYMERIZATION OF ETHYLENICALLY: UNSATURATE MONOMERS, OLEORESINOUS BINDERS, AND MIXTURES THEREOF AND (B) 0.1 PERCENT TO 3 PERCENT, BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE COMPOSITION OF A BIOCIDAL COMPONENT COMPRISING A POLYOXYMETHYLENEOXAZOLIDINE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (I) COMPOUNDS HAVING THE STRUCTURAL FORMULA
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
A SURFACE-COATING COMPOSITION HAVING IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO ATTACK BY BACTERIA AND FUNGI THAT COMPRISES (1) A WATER-INSOLUBLE, FILM-FORMING, RESINOUS BINDER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SYNTHETIC LINEAR ADDITION POLYMERS PREPARED BY THE EMULSION POLYMERIZATION OF ETHYLENICALLY: UNSATURATE MONOMERS, OLEORESINOUS BINDERS, AND MIXTURES THEREOF AND (B) 0.1 PERCENT TO 3 PERCENT, BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE COMPOSITION OF A BIOCIDAL COMPONENT COMPRISING A POLYOXYMETHYLENEOXAZOLIDINE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (I) COMPOUNDS HAVING THE STRUCTURAL FORMULA
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A surface-coating composition as defined in claim 1 that comprises an aqueous composition that contains 10 percent to 60 percent by weight of a synthetic linear addition polymer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A surface-coating composition as defined in claim 2 wherein the synthetic linear addition polymer is polyvinylacetate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
A surface-coating composition as defined in claim 2 wherein the synthetic linear addition polymer is an acrylate polymer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
An aqueous surface-coating composition as defined in claim 2 wherein the polyoxymethyleneoxazolidine has a total of not more than six oxymethylene (-CH2O-) units in its Ring substituents.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A surface-coating composition as defined in claim 1 wherein the biocidal component comprises a polyoxymethyleneoxazolidine having the structural formula
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A surface-coating composition as defined in claim 6 wherein the biocidal component comprises 3-hydroxymethyloxymethylene-4,4-dimethyloxazolidine.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
A surface-coating composition as defined in claim 6 wherein the biocidal component comprises 3hydroxymethyldi(oxymethylene))-4,4-dimethyloxazolidine.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
A surface-coating composition as defined in claim 6 wherein the biocidal component comprises 3-(hydroxymethyltri(oxymethylene))-4,4-dimethyloxazolidine.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
68 words
A surface-coating composition having improved resistance to attack by bacteria and fungi that comprises (a) a water-insoluble, film-forming, resinous binder selected from the group consisting of synthetic linear addition polymers prepared by the emulsion polymerization of ethylenically-unsaturated monomers, oleoresinous binders, and mixtures thereof and (b) 0.1 percent to 3 percent, based on the weight of the composition, of a biocidal component comprising a polyoxymethyleneoxazolidine having the structural formula
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
68 words
A surface-coating composition having improved resistance to attack by bacteria and fungi that comprises (a) a water-insoluble, film-forming, resinous binder selected from the group consisting of synthetic linear addition polymers prepared by the emulsion polymerization of ethylenically-unsaturated monomers, oleoresinous binders, and mixtures thereof and (b) 0.1 percent to 3 percent, based on the weight of the composition, of a biocidal component comprising a polyoxymethyleneoxazolidine having the structural formula
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
A surface-coating composition as defined in claim 10 wherein the biocidal component comprises a polyoxymethyleneoxazolidine having the structural formula
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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A surface-coating composition as defined in claim 11 wherein the biocidal component comprises 5-(hydroxymethyl-di(oxymethylene))-1-aza-3,7-dioxabicyclo(3,3,0)octane.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
14 words
A surface-coating composition as defined in claim 11 wherein the biocidal component comprises 5-(hydroxymethyl-tri(oxymethylene))-1-aza-3,7-dioxabicyclo(3,3,0)octane.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
A surface-coating composition as defined in claim 11 wherein the biocidal component comprises 5-(hydroxymethyltetra(oxymethylene))-1-aza-3,7-dioxabicyclo(3,3, 0)octane.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
82 words
The method of controlling the growth of bacteria and fungi in a surface-coating composition that comprises a water-insoluble, film-forming, resinous binder selected from the group consisting of synthetic linear addition polymers prepared by the emulsion polymerization of ethylenically-unsaturated monomers, oleoresinous binders, and mixtures thereof that comprises incorporating in said composition 0.1 percent to 3 percent, based on the weight of said composition, of a biocidal component that comprises a polyoxymethyleneoxazolidine selected from the group consisting of a. compounds having the structural formula
Claim 18
Independent Claim
82 words
The method of controlling the growth of bacteria and fungi in a surface-coating composition that comprises a water-insoluble, film-forming, resinous binder selected from the group consisting of synthetic linear addition polymers prepared by the emulsion polymerization of ethylenically-unsaturated monomers, oleoresinous binders, and mixtures thereof that comprises incorporating in said composition 0.1 percent to 3 percent, based on the weight of said composition, of a biocidal component that comprises a polyoxymethyleneoxazolidine selected from the group consisting of a. compounds having the structural formula
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 15 wherein the surface-coating composition comprises an aqueous composition that contains 10 to 60 percent by weight of a synthetic linear addition polymer.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 16 wherein the biocidal component is an aqueous solution that contains 20 to 80 percent by weight of said polyoxymethyleneoxazolidine.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
24 words
ThE method of claim 16 wherein the biocidal component is an aqueous solution that contains 40 to 60 percent by weight of said polyoxymethyleneoxazolidine.