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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Christian Jehn-rendu, Eppelheim, DE;
Rene Hund, Villars, FR;
Muttalif Duong, Saint Chamond, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
S.P.C.M. SA, Andrezieux Boutheon, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21H 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cationic copolymer is obtained by the Hofmann rearrangement (also referred to as the Hofmann degradation reaction) in aqueous solution in the presence of an alkaline-earth and/or alkali hydroxide and an alkaline-earth and/or alkaline hypohalide, on a base copolymer comprising at least one nonionic monomer selected from the group comprising acrylamide (and/or methacrylamide), N,N-dimethylacrylamide and/or acrylonitrile The copolymer is branched after the Hofmann rearrangement, in the presence of at least one polyfunctional branching agent, and is soluble in water.