Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
244 words
A diallyl terephthalate copolymer derived from diallyl terephthalate represented by the following formula ##STR25## and an aromatic benzyl hydrocarbon having at least one hydrogen atom at the benzyl position and represented by the following formula ##STR26## wherein each of R 1 and R 2 represents a member selected from the class consisting of a hydrogen atom and lower alkyl groups, and n is an integer of 1 to 3, said copolymer having the following characteristics (a) to (f): (a) the copolymer has such a structure wherein one monomeric unit of formula (2) is bonded to the allyl group of the monomeric unit of formula (1) at ##STR27## through a carbon-carbon bond at the benzyl position, (b) the number of the monomeric units of formula (1) at a carbon-carbon bonded molecular chain segment formed from the allyl groups of the monomeric unit of formula (1) in the copolymer is from 3 to 11, (c) the copolymer has a degree of unsaturation, measured by the Wijs method, of from 40 to 85, (c) the copolymer has a true specific gravity at 30° C. of from 1.20 to 1.25, (e) the copolymer has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of from 4,000 to 10,000 and a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from 70,000 to 200,000 measured by gel-permeation chromatography (GPC) and calculated as polystyrene, and (f) the copolymer has a molecular weight distribution, represented by the ratio of Mn to Mw, of from 10 to 40.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
244 words
A diallyl terephthalate copolymer derived from diallyl terephthalate represented by the following formula ##STR25## and an aromatic benzyl hydrocarbon having at least one hydrogen atom at the benzyl position and represented by the following formula ##STR26## wherein each of R 1 and R 2 represents a member selected from the class consisting of a hydrogen atom and lower alkyl groups, and n is an integer of 1 to 3, said copolymer having the following characteristics (a) to (f): (a) the copolymer has such a structure wherein one monomeric unit of formula (2) is bonded to the allyl group of the monomeric unit of formula (1) at ##STR27## through a carbon-carbon bond at the benzyl position, (b) the number of the monomeric units of formula (1) at a carbon-carbon bonded molecular chain segment formed from the allyl groups of the monomeric unit of formula (1) in the copolymer is from 3 to 11, (c) the copolymer has a degree of unsaturation, measured by the Wijs method, of from 40 to 85, (c) the copolymer has a true specific gravity at 30° C. of from 1.20 to 1.25, (e) the copolymer has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of from 4,000 to 10,000 and a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from 70,000 to 200,000 measured by gel-permeation chromatography (GPC) and calculated as polystyrene, and (f) the copolymer has a molecular weight distribution, represented by the ratio of Mn to Mw, of from 10 to 40.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The copolymer of claim 1 which, as a further characteristic (g), has a softening temperature range of from about 50° C. to about 120° C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The copolymer of claim 1 or 2 which, as a further characteristic (h), has a viscosity of from 80 to 300 centipoises, determined at 30° C. as a 50% by weight methyl ethyl ketone solution.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The copolymer of claim 1 or 2 which, as a further characteristic (i), has a Brabender melt viscosity, measured by Brabender plastography, of from 250 to 2,600 m.g., and a processing time, measured by Brabender plastography, of from 5 to 65 minutes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A resin composition composed of the diallyl terephthalate copolymer of claim 1 and a curing amount of a curing agent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The resin composition of claim 5 wherein the amount of the curing agent is about 0.005 to about 6% by weight based on the weight of the copolymer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
The resin composition of claim 6 which as a further characteristic (i) has a Brabender melt viscosity, measured by Brabender plastography, of from 250 to 2,600 m.g., and a processing time, measured by a Brabender plastography, of from 5 to 65 minutes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
63 words
The copolymer of claim 1 wherein (b) the number of the monomeric units of formula (1) having a carbon-carbon bonded molecular chain segment formed of the allyl groups of the monomeric unit of formula (1) and the copolymer is from 3 to 10; (c) the iodine value is from 45 to 80; and (d) the true specific gravity is from 1.21 to 1.25.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
55 words
The copolymer of claim 1 wherein the aromatic hydrocarbon represented by the formula (2) is selected from the group consisting of toluene, ethylbenzene, n-propylbenzene, isopropylbenzene, n-butylbenzene, isobutylbenzene, sec-butylbenzene, n-amylbenzene, sec-amylbenzene, isoamylbenzene, (2-methylbutyl)-benzene, o-xylene, m-xylene, p-xylene, xylene isomeric mixture, pseudocumene, 1,2-diethylbenzene, 1,3-diethylbenzene, 1,4-diethylbenzene, 1,2-dipropylbenzene, 1,3-dipropylbenzene, 1,4-dipropylbenzene, diisopropylbenzenes, p-cymene, 1,2-dibutylbenzene, 1,3-dibutylbenzene, 1,4-dibutylbenzene, 1,2-diisoamylbenzene, 1,3-diisoamylbenzene, 1,4-diisoamylbenzene, and 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene.