Modified copolymers, a process for their production, binders containing the modified copolymers and their use in coating compositions and sealing compounds

Claim 1

A binder for moisture-hardening coating compositions or sealing compounds which consists essentially of A) 30 to 99 parts by weight of a copolymer component consisting essentially of at least one modified copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 1,500 to 75,000 determined by gel permeation chromatography of olefinically unsaturated compounds containing chemically incorporated moieties which are addition-reactive to amino wherein the modified copolymers contain both (i) intramolecular carboxylic anhydride moieties derived from maleic anhydride or itaconic anhydride and (ii) olefinically unsaturated (meth)acrylate moieties in chemically bound form as the moieties which are addition-reactive to amino, with the anhydride equivalent weight being in the range from 392 to 9,800 and the (meth)acrylate equivalent weight in the range from 284 to 7,100 and B) 1 to 70 parts by weight of a polyamine component consisting of at least one organic polyamine containing blocked amino groups and, with or without C) auxiliaries and additives, wherein the ratios between components A) and B) are selected such that, for every blocked amino of component B), there are a total of 0.2 to 8 anhydride and (meth)acrylate groups of component A).