Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
151 words
A condensation or addition polymer selected from the group consisting of a polyester, polyamide, polyurethane, polyurea, polyether, polyamine or polyaminotriazine which has blocked end groups and can be used as a light stabiliser and in which the recurring structural unit contains a polyalkylpiperidine residue of the formula ##STR12## or is substituted by a polyalkylpiperidine side group of the formula ##STR13## in which R is hydrogen or alkyl having 1-5 C atoms and R' is hydrogen, alkyl having 1-12 C atoms, alkenyl having 3-8 C atoms, alkynyl having 3-6 C atoms, aralkyl having 7-11 C atoms, alkanoyl having 1-8 C atoms or alkenoyl having 3-5 C atoms, or a copolymer of such polymers with one another or with a polyalkylpiperidine-free component, the end groups of the said polymer or copolymer having been blocked by the addition of a monofunctional compound during its preparation or by its subsequent reaction with a monofunctional compound.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
151 words
A condensation or addition polymer selected from the group consisting of a polyester, polyamide, polyurethane, polyurea, polyether, polyamine or polyaminotriazine which has blocked end groups and can be used as a light stabiliser and in which the recurring structural unit contains a polyalkylpiperidine residue of the formula ##STR12## or is substituted by a polyalkylpiperidine side group of the formula ##STR13## in which R is hydrogen or alkyl having 1-5 C atoms and R' is hydrogen, alkyl having 1-12 C atoms, alkenyl having 3-8 C atoms, alkynyl having 3-6 C atoms, aralkyl having 7-11 C atoms, alkanoyl having 1-8 C atoms or alkenoyl having 3-5 C atoms, or a copolymer of such polymers with one another or with a polyalkylpiperidine-free component, the end groups of the said polymer or copolymer having been blocked by the addition of a monofunctional compound during its preparation or by its subsequent reaction with a monofunctional compound.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A polymer according to claim 1, in which R is hydrogen and R' is hydrogen, alkyl having 1-4 C atoms, allyl, benzyl or acetyl.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A polymer according to claim 2, in which R is hydrogen and R' is hydrogen or methyl.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A polymer according to claim 1, which is a polyester, polyamide or polyester-amide of the general formula VIII ##STR14## in which X and X' are oxygen or NY and Y is hydrogen, alkyl having 1-12 C atoms, cyclohexyl, aralkyl having 7-9 C atoms, phenyl or a polyalkylpiperidine residue, A and B are divalent organic residues and at least one of A, B and Y contains a polyalkylpiperidine residue, n is a value from 2 to about 50, T is an end group of the formula --OH or --O(C 1 -C 4 alkyl) and T' is a blocked end group of the formula --CO--R 3 , --CO--NH--R 4 , --SO 2 --R 5 , --CH 2 CH(OH)R 6 or --CH 2 CH(OH)--CH 2 --O--R 7 , in which R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 and R 7 are monovalent hydrocarbon residues.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A polymer according to claim 4, wherein, in the formulae for the blocked end groups, R 3 is alkyl having 1-12 C atoms or phenyl, R 4 is alkyl having 1-12 C atoms, cyclohexyl or phenyl, R 5 is alkyl having 1-4 C atoms, phenyl or tolyl, R 6 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or phenyl and R 7 is alkyl having 1-8 C atoms, cyclohexyl or phenyl.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A polymer according to claim 1, of the formula (IX) ##STR15## in which X and X' are oxygen or NY and Y is hydrogen, C 1 -C 12 alkyl, cyclohexyl, C 7 -C 9 aralkyl, phenyl or a polyalkylpiperidine residue, A and B are divalent organic residues and at least one of A, B and Y contains a polyalkylpiperidine residue, n is a value from 2 to about 50, T is an end group of the formula --OH or --O(C 1 -C 4 alkyl) and T" is a monovalent hydrocarbon residue.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A polymer according to claim 6, of the formula IX, in which T" is alkyl having 1-12 C atoms, cyclohexyl, benzyl, phenyl or tolyl.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
10 words
A polymer according to claim 1 which is a polyester.