Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
Cross-linkable vinyl ester and/or vinyl halide copolymers containing hydroxyl groups consisting essentially of: (a) from 50% to 99% by weight of monomer units selected from the group consisting of vinyl esters of alkanoic acids having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, vinyl halides, and mixtures of said vinyl esters and vinyl halides, (b) from 0 to 40% by weight of mono-olefinically-unsaturated monomer units copolymerizable with vinyl esters and vinyl halide, (c) from 1% to 50% by weight of allyl ester monomer units of the formula: ##STR6## wherein R 3 is alkylene having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and the OH is a terminal OH, where said copolymer has a K-value of between 45 and 100.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
Cross-linkable vinyl ester and/or vinyl halide copolymers containing hydroxyl groups consisting essentially of: (a) from 50% to 99% by weight of monomer units selected from the group consisting of vinyl esters of alkanoic acids having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, vinyl halides, and mixtures of said vinyl esters and vinyl halides, (b) from 0 to 40% by weight of mono-olefinically-unsaturated monomer units copolymerizable with vinyl esters and vinyl halide, (c) from 1% to 50% by weight of allyl ester monomer units of the formula: ##STR6## wherein R 3 is alkylene having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and the OH is a terminal OH, where said copolymer has a K-value of between 45 and 100.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
81 words
The cross-linkable vinyl ester and/or vinyl halide copolymer containing hydroxyl groups of claim 1, wherein said mono-olefinically-unsaturated monomer units of component (b) are selected from the group consisting of lower alkenes, N-vinyl pyrrolidone, alkenoic acids having from 3 to 7 carbon atoms, their lower alkyl esters and their amides, (meth)acrylonitrile, vinylidene chloride, alkenedioic acids having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms, their half esters and esters with alkanols having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms and their half amides and amides.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
The cross-linkable vinyl ester and/or vinyl halide copolymer containing hydroxyl groups of claim 1, wherein said mono-olefinically-unsaturated monomer units of component (b) are selected from the group consisting of ethylene, (meth)acrylic acid, their alkyl esters having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the alkyl, their amides, and (meth)acrylonitrile.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The cross-linkable vinyl ester and/or vinyl halide copolymer containing hydroxyl groups of claim 1, wherein said mono-olefinically-unsaturated monomer units of component (b) are selected from the group consisting of ethylene and butyl acrylate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
The cross-linkable vinyl ester and/or vinyl halide copolymer containing hydroxyl groups of claim 1, wherein said monomers of component (a) are selected from the group consisting of vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride and mixtures of vinyl acetate and vinyl chloride.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The cross-linkable vinyl ester and/or vinyl halide copolymer containing hydroxyl groups of claim 1, wherein said copolymer containing hydroxyl groups contains from 2.5 to 5 mol percent of said allyl ester monomer units of component (c).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The cross-linkable vinyl ester acid/or vinyl halide copolymer containing hydroxyl groups of claim 1, wherein said allyl ester monomer of component (c) is 6-hydroxycaproic acid allyl ester.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
97 words
Cross-linkable vinyl ester and/or vinyl halide copolymers containing hydroxyl groups consisting essentially of: from 50% to 99% by weight of monomer units selected from the group consisting of vinyl esters of alkanoic acids having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, vinyl halides, and mixtures of said vinyl esters and vinyl halides, and from 1 to 50% by weight of allyl ester monomer units of the formula: ##STR7## wherein R 3 is alkylene having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and the OH is a terminal OH, where said copolymer has a K-value of between 45 and 100.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
97 words
Cross-linkable vinyl ester and/or vinyl halide copolymers containing hydroxyl groups consisting essentially of: from 50% to 99% by weight of monomer units selected from the group consisting of vinyl esters of alkanoic acids having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, vinyl halides, and mixtures of said vinyl esters and vinyl halides, and from 1 to 50% by weight of allyl ester monomer units of the formula: ##STR7## wherein R 3 is alkylene having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and the OH is a terminal OH, where said copolymer has a K-value of between 45 and 100.