US 7,348,382 B2
Polyvinyl alcohol based block copolymer and pigment dispersion aqueous liquid using the same and recording liquid
Nobuhiko Ueno, Kanagawa (Japan); Takahiro Saitou, Mie (Japan); Masanobu Yokoyama, Mie (Japan); Hideko Akai, Kanagawa (Japan); and Hideaki Tanaka, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Oct. 03, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/240,619.
Application 11/240619 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2004/004659, filed on Mar. 31, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-099276 (JP), filed on Apr. 02, 2003; and application No. 2003-164779 (JP), filed on Jun. 10, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0089423 A1, Apr. 27, 2006
Int. Cl. C08F 293/00 (2006.01); C09D 17/00 (2006.01); C09D 11/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 526—87  [526/330; 526/331; 526/923] 17 Claims
 
1. A polyvinyl alcohol based block copolymer represented by the following general formula (1):

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein:
A represents a polyvinyl alcohol based block;
B represents a block containing a hydrophobic segment B′ and a hydrophilic or hydrophobic segment B″ other than A and B′, the block B comprising a charge group;
X1, X2, X3, and X4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aralkyl group, or an aryl group;
m1 represents an integer of from 1 to 5;
m2 represents an integer of from 0 to 4; and
(m1+m2) represents an integer of from 1 to 5.