Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
195 words
A curable composition comprising (A) an oxypropylene polymer having a ratio (Mw 1 /Mn 1 ) of a weight-average molecular weight (Mw 1 ) to a number-average molecular weight (Mn 1 ) of higher than 1.6, which is an oxypropylene polymer having a polymer main chain consisting essentially of a repeating unit represented by the following formula ##STR7## and having at least one silicon atom-containing group having one or more silicon atoms to which one or more hydroxyl groups or hydrolyzable groups are attached; and (B) an oxypropylene polymer having a ratio (Mw 2 /Mn 2 ) of a weight-average molecular weight (Mw 2 ) to a number-average molecular weight (Mn 2 ) of not higher than 1.6 and a number-average molecular weight (Mn 2 ) of not less than the number-average molecular weight (Mn 1 ) of the oxypropylene polymer (A) (Mn 2 ≧Mn 1 ), which is an oxypropylene polymer having a polymer main chain consisting essentially of a repeating unit represented by the following formula ##STR8## and having at least one silicon atom-containing group having one or more silicon atoms to which one or more hydroxyl groups or hydrolyzable groups are attached.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
195 words
A curable composition comprising (A) an oxypropylene polymer having a ratio (Mw 1 /Mn 1 ) of a weight-average molecular weight (Mw 1 ) to a number-average molecular weight (Mn 1 ) of higher than 1.6, which is an oxypropylene polymer having a polymer main chain consisting essentially of a repeating unit represented by the following formula ##STR7## and having at least one silicon atom-containing group having one or more silicon atoms to which one or more hydroxyl groups or hydrolyzable groups are attached; and (B) an oxypropylene polymer having a ratio (Mw 2 /Mn 2 ) of a weight-average molecular weight (Mw 2 ) to a number-average molecular weight (Mn 2 ) of not higher than 1.6 and a number-average molecular weight (Mn 2 ) of not less than the number-average molecular weight (Mn 1 ) of the oxypropylene polymer (A) (Mn 2 ≧Mn 1 ), which is an oxypropylene polymer having a polymer main chain consisting essentially of a repeating unit represented by the following formula ##STR8## and having at least one silicon atom-containing group having one or more silicon atoms to which one or more hydroxyl groups or hydrolyzable groups are attached.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
216 words
A curable composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said silicon atom-containing group having one or more silicon atoms to which one or more hydroxyl groups or hydrolyzable groups are attached is a group represented by the following general formula ##STR9## wherein R 1 and R 2 each represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms or a triorganosiloxy group of (R') 3 SiO-- provided that, when two or more R 1 or R 2 groups are present, they may be the same or different; R' represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms provided that three R' groups may be the same or different; X is a material selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group and a hydrolyzable group, provided that, when two or more X groups are present, they may be the same or different; a represents 0, 1, 2 or 3; b represents 0, 1 or 2; when two or more groups represented by the following formula ##STR10## are present, b in the above formula may be the same or different; m represents an integer of 0 to 19 provided that the following relationship must be satisfied, a+Σb≧1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
125 words
A curable composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said silicon atom-containing group is a group represented by the following general formula ##STR11## wherein R 2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms or a triorganosiloxy group of (R') 3 SiO--; R' represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms provided that three R' groups may be the same or different; X is a material selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group and a hydrolyzable group, provided that, when two or more X groups are present, they may be same or different; a represent 0, 1, 2 or 3.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A curable composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said oxypropylene polymer (A) has a ratio of Mw 1 /Mn 1 of not lower than 1.8.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A curable composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said oxypropylene polymer (B) has a ratio of Mw 2 /Mn 2 of not higher than 1.5.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A curable composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the amount of the component (A)/[the amount of the component (A)+the amount of the component (B)] is from 0.05 to 0.95.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
A curable composition as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a curing catalyst in amount of from about 0.1 to about 20 parts by weight of the composition.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
A curable composition as claimed in claim 1, further comprising, per 100 parts by weight of the oxypropylene polymer having at least one reactive silicon group, 1 to 100 parts of a filler and 1 to 100 parts of a plasticizer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
A curable composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said oxypropylene polymer (A) has a number-average molecular weight (Mn 1 ) of at least 4,000.