Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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In a corrosion-inhibiting coating composition containing (a) a resinous film-forming binder and (b) a corrosion inhibitor, the improvement comprising, as the corrosion inhibitor (b), an effective amount of an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic mono-, di-, tri- or tetracarboxylic acid which is substituted in its aliphatic or cycloaliphatic radical by at least one group of the formula I ##STR17## in which X is oxygen, sulfur or NH and each R independently of the others is hydrogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfonyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, alkylphenyl, phenylalkyl, halogen, --CN, --NO 2 , --COOH, --COOalkyl, --OH or a primary, secondary or tertiary amino or carbamoyl group, R not being --NH 2 in the case of a monocarboxylic acid in which X is sulfur, and base addition salts of said compounds.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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In a corrosion-inhibiting coating composition containing (a) a resinous film-forming binder and (b) a corrosion inhibitor, the improvement comprising, as the corrosion inhibitor (b), an effective amount of an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic mono-, di-, tri- or tetracarboxylic acid which is substituted in its aliphatic or cycloaliphatic radical by at least one group of the formula I ##STR17## in which X is oxygen, sulfur or NH and each R independently of the others is hydrogen, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfonyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, alkylphenyl, phenylalkyl, halogen, --CN, --NO 2 , --COOH, --COOalkyl, --OH or a primary, secondary or tertiary amino or carbamoyl group, R not being --NH 2 in the case of a monocarboxylic acid in which X is sulfur, and base addition salts of said compounds.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 1, wherein x of the formula is sulfur.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 1, wherein one of the substituents R is hydrogen, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy or an amino group and the other three Rs are hydrogen.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 1, wherein each R is hydrogen.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 1, in which the component (b) is a monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acid or a salt thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 1, in which the component (b) contains a group of the formula I which is in the beta-position relative to a carboxyl group.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 1, containing, as the component (b), a compound of the formula II ##STR18## in which X and R are as defined in claim 1, n is zero or 1and R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 independently of one another are hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyl or phenyl or phenylalkyl which is unsubstituted or monosubstituted or disubstituted, or R 1 and R 2 or R 1 and R 3 together are linear alkylene which can be substituted by 1 or 2 --COOH groups, or R 1 and R 2 together are a direct bond, at least one of the substituents R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 being a carboxyl or carboxyalkyl group, and base addition salts of said compounds.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 7, wherein n is 1.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 7, wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are hydrogen, C 1 -C 18 -alkyl, C 2 -C 12 -carboxyalkyl, carboxyl, phenyl or benzyl, or R 1 and R 2 together are trimethylene or tetramethylene which may be substituted by C 1 -C 4 -alkyl or by 1 or 2 carboxyl groups.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 7, wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 in formula II independently of one another are hydrogen, C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, carboxyl or C 2 -C 6 -carboxyalkyl.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 7, wherein at least two of the substituents R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 in formula II are a carboxyl or carboxyalkyl group.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 1, in which the component (b) is a compound of the formula ##STR19##
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 1, in which the component (b) is a compound of the formula ##STR20##
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 1, in which the component (b) is present as the salt of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or a metal of group IIB, IIIA or VIII of the periodic system of the elements, as an ammonium salt or as the salt of an organic amine.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 14, in which the component (b) is present as a sodium, potassium, anmonium, calcium, magnesium, zinc or aluminium salt or as the salt of a primary, secondary or tertiary amine.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 1, containing, as the film-former (a), an epoxide resin, polyurethane resin, aminoplast resin, acrylic resin, polyester resin or alkyd resin or a mixture of such resins.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 16, in which the film-former is an epoxide resin based on an aromatic polyol.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 1, wherein the film-former is present as aqueous solution or dispersion.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 1, containing 0.1 to 20% by weight of the component (b), based on the solids content of the coating composition.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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A coating composition according to claim 1, containing 0.5 to 5% by weight of the component (b).
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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A process for preventing corrosion of an iron, steel, copper or aluminum metallic substrate which comprises applying a composition according to claim 1 to the surface of said metal substrate as a primer thereon.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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The process of claim 21 wherein said composition is an electrocoating paint for cathodic electrodeposition.