Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A product selected from the group consisting of: A. An end-capped polyimide oligomer whose principal component has the structure: ##STR10## where R has the structure: ##STR11## where X is ##STR12## or a bond; where R' is an aryl group; and where R" is an aryl group bearing a substituent having the structure: --CH═CH.sub.2 ; B. A first precursor of an end-capped polyimide oligomer of (A) whose principal component has the structure: ##STR13## where R, R', and R" are defined as above; C. A second precursor of an end-capped polyimide oligomer of (A) whose principal component has the structure: ##STR14## where R, R', and R" are as defined above, and where R"' is the alcohol moiety from which the diester of the aromatic tetracarboxylic acid was prepared.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A product selected from the group consisting of: A. An end-capped polyimide oligomer whose principal component has the structure: ##STR10## where R has the structure: ##STR11## where X is ##STR12## or a bond; where R' is an aryl group; and where R" is an aryl group bearing a substituent having the structure: --CH═CH.sub.2 ; B. A first precursor of an end-capped polyimide oligomer of (A) whose principal component has the structure: ##STR13## where R, R', and R" are defined as above; C. A second precursor of an end-capped polyimide oligomer of (A) whose principal component has the structure: ##STR14## where R, R', and R" are as defined above, and where R"' is the alcohol moiety from which the diester of the aromatic tetracarboxylic acid was prepared.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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An end-capped polyimide oligomer whose principal component has the structure: ##STR15## where R has the structure: ##STR16## where X is ##STR17## or a bond; where R' is an aryl group; and where R" is an aryl group bearing a substituent having the structure: --CH═CH.sub.2.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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An end-capped polyimide oligomer whose principal component has the structure: ##STR15## where R has the structure: ##STR16## where X is ##STR17## or a bond; where R' is an aryl group; and where R" is an aryl group bearing a substituent having the structure: --CH═CH.sub.2.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A precursor of an acetylene end-capped polyimide oligomer of claim 1, the principal component of said precursor having the structure: ##STR18## where R has the structure: ##STR19## where X is ##STR20## or a bond; where R' is an aryl group; and where R" is an aryl group bearing a substituent having the structure: --CH═CH.sub.2.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A precursor of an end-capped polyimide oligomer of claim 1, the principal component of said precursor having the structure: ##STR21## where R has the structure: ##STR22## where X is ##STR23## or a bond; where R' is an aryl group; where R" is an aryl group bearing a substituent having the structure: --CH═CH.sub.2 and where R"' is the alcohol moiety from which the diester of the aromatic tetracarboxylic acid was prepared.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A product of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 in which R' has the structure: ##STR24##
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A product of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 in which R has the structure: ##STR25##
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A product of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 in which R has the structure: ##STR26## and where R' has the structure: ##STR27##
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A product of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 in which R has the structure: ##STR28## R' has the structure: ##STR29## and R" has the structure: ##STR30##
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A coating and laminating varnish consisting essentially of a product of claim 3 dissolved in a solvent selected from the group consisting of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, cyclohexanone, diethyl carbonate, and gamma-butyrolactone.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A coating and laminating varnish consisting essentially of a product of claim 4 dissolved in a solvent having an atmospheric boiling point of less than about 150° C. and selected from the group consisting of lower alkanols containing up to about 5 carbon atoms, lower ethers containing up to about 6 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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A product of claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, or 10 in which up to 50 mol % of the terminal --CH═CH 2 groups of R" is replaced with a hydrogen atom.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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A process for preparing a product of claim 3 which consists essentially of: A. Dissolving at least 17 weight % of an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride in a solvent at a temperature of at least 60° C., B. Maintaining a solution of step (A) containing substantially 1 molar portion of said aromatic tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride at a temperature in a range of about 30°-100° C. and adding substantially 0.33 molar portion of an aromatic triamine thereto, and C. Adding substantially 1.0 molar portion of a vinyl substituted aromatic monoamine to the product of step (B); said aromatic tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride having the formula: ##STR31## where R has the structure: ##STR32## where X is ##STR33## or a bond; said aromatic triamine having the formula: ##STR34## where R' is an aryl group; and said vinyl substituted aromatic monoamine having the formula: H.sub.2 N--R"--CH.tbd.CH.sub.2 where R" is an aryl group; and the solvent employed in step (A) is selected from the group consisting of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, cyclohexanone, diethyl carbonate, and gamma-butyrolactone.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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A process for preparing a product of claim 3 which consists essentially of: A. Adding, with stirring, a solution containing substantially 0.33 molar portion of an aromatic triamine to a solution containing substantially 1.0 molar portion of a dialkyl ester of an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid, and B. Adding substantially 1.0 molar portion of a vinyl substituted aromatic monoamine to the solution of (A); the dialkyl ester of the aromatic tetracarboxylic acid employed in step (A) having the formula: ##STR35## where R has the structure: ##STR36## where X is ##STR37## or a bond; said aromatic triamine having the formula: ##STR38## where R' is an aryl group; and said vinyl substituted aromatic monoamine having the formula: H.sub.2 N--R"--CH═CH.sub.2 where R" is an aryl group; the solvent employed in Step (A) having an atmospheric boiling point of less than about 150° C. and is selected from the group consisting of lower alkanols containing up to about 5 carbon atoms, lower ethers containing up to about 6 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A process of claim 12 or 13 in which R' has the structure: ##STR39##
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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A process of claim 12 or 13 in which R has the structure: ##STR40##
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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A process of claim 12 or 13 in which R has the structure: ##STR41## and where R' has the structure: ##STR42##
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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A process of claim 12 or 13 in which R has the structure: ##STR43## and where R' has the structure: ##STR44## and R" has the structure: ##STR45##