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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory D Shay, Oak Forest, IL (US);
Fran K Kravitz, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
DeSoto, Inc., Des Plaines, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ; C08F / ; C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524548 ; 526263 ; 526301 ; 524555 ;
Abstract
Nonionic associative thickeners suitable for use in aqueous coating compositions comprise an aqueous solution polymer of (a) from about 40 percent to about 98 percent, preferably from 60 to 95 percent, by weight of a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer such as acrylamide, N,N-dimethyl acrylamide, vinyl pyrrolidone, hydroxyethyl acrylate and mixtures thereof; and (b) from about 2 percent to about 60 percent, preferably from 5 to 40 percent, by weight of a nonionic urethane monomer which is the urethane reaction product of a monohydric nonionic surfactant with a monoethylenically unsaturated monoisocyanate.