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Ethylene carbon monoxide copolymers containing epoxy side groups
Assignee: EIDP Inc
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Filing: 1977-01-26
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Granted: 1978-01-24
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Expires: 1997-01-26
Abstract
Abstract Copolymers of certain amounts of ethylene, carbon monoxide, a third monomer copolymerizable therewith to provide solid but flexible polymers, and a fourth monomer containing epoxy side groups provide new and useful copolymers. The copolymers are useful as blending resins with thermosetting resins. Blends of these copolymers with thermosetting resins provide performance unattainable with the thermosetting resin alone in terms of flexibility, toughness, and adhesion. Such blends may be used, for example, to produce flexible, semirigid or rigid films, coatings, fibers, foams or molded articles.
Inventors
- 👤 Clarence Frederick Hammer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 17:14
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L63/00; C08G; C08G67/00; C08G67/02; C08L23/00; C08L23/02; C08L23/04; C08L23/08; C08L61/00; C08L61/04; C08L61/20; C08L61/26; C08L61/28; C08L73/00; C08L65/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 32
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A solid ethylene - carbon monoxide copolymer containing epoxy side groups, said copolymer consisting essentially of, by weight (a) 40 to 90 percent ethylene; (b) 2 to 20 percent carbon monoxide; (c) 5 to 40 percent of a monomer copolymerizable therewith to provide flexible polymers, said monomer taken from the class consisting of unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, esters of said unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids, vinyl esters of saturated carboxylic acids where the acid group has 1 to 18 carbon atoms, vinyl alkyl ethers where the alkyl group has 1 to 18 carbon atoms, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, alpha-olefins of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, norbornene, and vinyl aromatic compounds; and (d) 0.1 to 5.0 percent of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of 4 to 21 carbon atoms containing an epoxy group.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
136 words
A solid ethylene - carbon monoxide copolymer containing epoxy side groups, said copolymer consisting essentially of, by weight (a) 40 to 90 percent ethylene; (b) 2 to 20 percent carbon monoxide; (c) 5 to 40 percent of a monomer copolymerizable therewith to provide flexible polymers, said monomer taken from the class consisting of unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, esters of said unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids, vinyl esters of saturated carboxylic acids where the acid group has 1 to 18 carbon atoms, vinyl alkyl ethers where the alkyl group has 1 to 18 carbon atoms, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, alpha-olefins of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, norbornene, and vinyl aromatic compounds; and (d) 0.1 to 5.0 percent of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of 4 to 21 carbon atoms containing an epoxy group.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A copolymer according to claim 1 wherein monomer (c) is taken from the class consisting of vinyl esters of saturated carboxylic acids where the acid group has 1 to 18 carbon atoms, esters of unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids of 3 to 20 carbon atoms and vinyl alkyl ethers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 2 wherein monomer (c) is taken from the class consisting of vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl butyrate, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, dibutyl maleate, dimethyl fumarate, vinyl methyl ether and vinyl butyl ether.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
A copolymer according to claim 3 wherein monomer (c) is vinyl acetate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
A copolymer according to claim 3 wherein monomer (c) is methyl acrylate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
A copolymer according to claim 3 wherein monomer (c) is methyl methacrylate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
A copolymer according to claim 1 wherein monomer (d) is taken from the class consisting of epoxy esters of copolymerizable unsaturated organic acids, epoxy ethers of vinyl ethers, epoxy ethers of allyl ethers and mono-epoxy substituted di-olefins of 4 to 12 carbon atoms.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 7 wherein monomer (d) is taken from the class consisting of glycidyl methacrylate, glycidyl acrylate, glycidyl vinyl ether and vinyl cyclohexene monoxide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 8 wherein monomer (d) is glycidyl acrylate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
A copolymer according to claim 8 wherein monomer (d) is glycidyl methacrylate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 8 wherein monomer (d) is glycidyl vinyl ether.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
38 words
A copolymer according to claim 1 wherein monomers (a) to (d) are present in amounts by weight (a) 45 to 90 percent, (b) 5 to 20 percent, (c) 10 to 33 percent, and (d) 0.2 to 3.0 percent.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 1 wherein monomers (a) to (d) are present in amounts by weight (a) 50-70 percent, (b) 7 to 18 percent, (c) 20 to 20 percent, and (d) 0.5 to 2.0 percent.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 12 wherein monomer (c) is vinyl acetate and monomer (d) is glycidyl methacrylate.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 13 wherein monomer (c) is vinyl acetate and monomer (d) is glycidyl acrylate.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
136 words
A solid ethylene - carbon monoxide copolymer containing epoxy side groups, said copolymer consisting essentially of, by weight (a) 40 to 90 percent ethylene; (b) 2 to 20 percent carbon monoxide; (c) 5 to 40 percent of a monomer copolymerizable therewith to provide flexible polymers, said monomer taken from the class consisting of unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, esters of said unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids, vinyl esters of saturated carboxylic acids where the acid group has 1 to 18 carbon atoms, vinyl alkyl ethers where the alkyl group has 1 to 18 carbon atoms, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, alpha-olefins of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, norbornene, and vinyl aromatic compounds; and (d) 0.2 to 15 percent of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of 4 to 21 carbon atoms containing an epoxy group.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
136 words
A solid ethylene - carbon monoxide copolymer containing epoxy side groups, said copolymer consisting essentially of, by weight (a) 40 to 90 percent ethylene; (b) 2 to 20 percent carbon monoxide; (c) 5 to 40 percent of a monomer copolymerizable therewith to provide flexible polymers, said monomer taken from the class consisting of unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, esters of said unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids, vinyl esters of saturated carboxylic acids where the acid group has 1 to 18 carbon atoms, vinyl alkyl ethers where the alkyl group has 1 to 18 carbon atoms, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, alpha-olefins of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, norbornene, and vinyl aromatic compounds; and (d) 0.2 to 15 percent of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of 4 to 21 carbon atoms containing an epoxy group.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
49 words
A copolymer according to claim 16 wherein monomer (c) is taken from the class consisting of vinyl esters of saturated carboxylic acids where the acid group has 1 to 18 carbon atoms, esters of unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids of 3 to 20 carbon atoms and vinyl alkyl ethers.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 17 wherein monomer (c) is taken from the class consisting of vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl butyrate, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, dibutyl maleate, dimethyl fumarate, vinyl methyl ether and vinyl butyl ether.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 18 wherein monomer (c) is vinyl acetate.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 18 wherein monomer (c) is methyl acrylate.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 18 wherein monomer (c) is methyl methacrylate.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 16 wherein monomer (d) is taken from the class consisting of epoxy esters of copolymerizable unsaturated organic acids, epoxy ethers of vinyl ethers, epoxy ethers of allyl ethers and mono-epoxy substituted di-olefins of 4 to 12 carbon atoms.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 22 wherein monomer (d) is taken from the class consisting of glycidyl methacrylate, glycidyl acrylate, glycidyl vinyl ether and vinyl cyclohexene monoxide.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
12 words
A copolymer according to claim 23 wherein monomer (d) is glycidyl acrylate.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 23 wherein monomer (d) is glycidyl methacrylate.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 23 wherein monomer (d) is glycidyl vinyl ether.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
37 words
A copolymer according to claim 16 wherein monomers (a) to (d) are present in amounts by weight (a) 45 to 90 percent, (b) 5 to 20 percent, (c) 10 33 percent, and (d) 0.4 to 9 percent.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 16 wherein monomers (a) to (d) are present in amounts by weight (a) 50 to 70 percent, (b) 7 to 18 percent, (c) 20 to 30 percent, and (d) 1 to 6 percent.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 27 wherein monomer (c) is vinyl acetate and monomer (d) is glycidyl methacrylate.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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A copolymer according to claim 28 wherein monomer (c) is vinyl acetate and monomer (d) is glycidyl acrylate.
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