Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
A water soluble copolymer having recurring units of the formula ##STR6## wherein X and y may be equal or unequal to one another and independently represent a whole number of 1 or more and up to 2,000; n equals 0 to 2; and R represents hydrogen, aryl, cycloalkyl or a branched or unbranched saturated alkyl of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, said polymer consisting essentially of the acidified saponified polymerization product of vinyl acetate and vinyl alkoxy silane alone or additionally with a monoethylenically unsaturated copolymer which is polymerizable with vinyl acetate, said polymer containing 0.1 to 20 weight percent vinyl alkoxy silane units based on the total weight of monomers, the vinyl acetate component being present in an amount of 1 to 2,000 units, the vinyl silane component being present in an amount of 1 to 2,000 units, the unacidified and unsaponified copolymer having a relative viscosity determined in a 1 weight percent solution in ethyl acetate at 20° C of 1.05 to 6, said polymer when dissolved in water and applied as an acidified solution to a substrate and dried forming a partially or fully water-insoluble sheet.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
A water soluble copolymer having recurring units of the formula ##STR6## wherein X and y may be equal or unequal to one another and independently represent a whole number of 1 or more and up to 2,000; n equals 0 to 2; and R represents hydrogen, aryl, cycloalkyl or a branched or unbranched saturated alkyl of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, said polymer consisting essentially of the acidified saponified polymerization product of vinyl acetate and vinyl alkoxy silane alone or additionally with a monoethylenically unsaturated copolymer which is polymerizable with vinyl acetate, said polymer containing 0.1 to 20 weight percent vinyl alkoxy silane units based on the total weight of monomers, the vinyl acetate component being present in an amount of 1 to 2,000 units, the vinyl silane component being present in an amount of 1 to 2,000 units, the unacidified and unsaponified copolymer having a relative viscosity determined in a 1 weight percent solution in ethyl acetate at 20° C of 1.05 to 6, said polymer when dissolved in water and applied as an acidified solution to a substrate and dried forming a partially or fully water-insoluble sheet.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
An aqueous solution of the copolymer of claim 1 having a pH of 1.0 to 6.0.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
10 words
An aqueous acidic solution of the copolymer of claim 1.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A copolymer according to claim 1 wherein the saponified silane containing groups accounts for between 5 and 15 percent by weight of the copolymer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
188 words
A water soluble copolymer having recurring units of the formula ##STR7## wherein X and y may be equal or unequal to one another and independently represent a whole number of 1 or more and up to 2,000; n equals 0 to 2; and R represents hydrogen, aryl, cycloalkyl or a branched or unbranched saturated alkyl of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, said polymer consisting of the acidified saponified polymerization product of vinyl acetate and vinyl alkoxy silane alone or additionally with a monoethylenically unsaturated copolymer which is polymerizable with vinyl acetate, said polymer containing 0.1 to 20 weight percent vinyl alkoxy silane units based on the total weight of monomers, the vinyl acetate component being present in an amount of 1 to 2,000 units, the vinyl silane component being present in an amount of 1 to 2,000 units, the unacidified and unsaponified copolymer having a relative viscosity determined in a 1 weight percent solution in ethyl acetate at 20° C of 1.05 to 6, said polymer when dissolved in water and applied as an acidified solution to a substrate and dried forming a partially or fully water-insoluble sheet.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
188 words
A water soluble copolymer having recurring units of the formula ##STR7## wherein X and y may be equal or unequal to one another and independently represent a whole number of 1 or more and up to 2,000; n equals 0 to 2; and R represents hydrogen, aryl, cycloalkyl or a branched or unbranched saturated alkyl of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, said polymer consisting of the acidified saponified polymerization product of vinyl acetate and vinyl alkoxy silane alone or additionally with a monoethylenically unsaturated copolymer which is polymerizable with vinyl acetate, said polymer containing 0.1 to 20 weight percent vinyl alkoxy silane units based on the total weight of monomers, the vinyl acetate component being present in an amount of 1 to 2,000 units, the vinyl silane component being present in an amount of 1 to 2,000 units, the unacidified and unsaponified copolymer having a relative viscosity determined in a 1 weight percent solution in ethyl acetate at 20° C of 1.05 to 6, said polymer when dissolved in water and applied as an acidified solution to a substrate and dried forming a partially or fully water-insoluble sheet.