Abstract: A process for the preparation of a copolymer comprises reacting in an aqueous medium at a temperature of from 25° C. to 100° C. in the presence of from 1.0-25 weight percent based on the total weight of a), b) and c) of a free-radical initiator, a) at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated monocarboxylic acids and their salts, &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, their half-esters free of polyoxyalkylene side chains and their salts, b) at least on olefinic monomer selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl compounds, vinyl ethers, vinyl esters, nitrogen-containing vinyl compounds and aliphatic olefins, and c) from 0.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition comprising a graft copolymer characterized by carboxylic-acid or amine functional macromonomers attached at a terminal end thereof to a polymeric backbone, wherein the macromonomers are grafted in an aqueous carrier in which the carboxylic-acid or amine functional groups have been neutralized. Such compositions provide improved properties for an automotive finish.

Abstract: A waterborne coating composition comprising 5-70 weight percent solids of a curing agent and 30-95 weight percent solids of a hydroxy functional acrylic copolymer further comprising 20-70 weight percent of a vinyl aromatic, 0-40 weight percent of a hydroxy functional monomer, 0-70 weight percent of other polymerizable compounds, and 10-80 weight percent of a reaction product of a monoepoxyester and an unsaturated acid functional monomer wherein the copolymer is prepared via skew feed polymerization having a plurality of feed streams charged to a reactor and one feed stream contains 5-60 weight percent of the unsaturated acid functional monomer, 40-95 weight percent of the reaction product of a monoepoxyester and an unsaturated acid functional monomer, and 0-55 weight percent of the other polymerizable compounds.

Abstract: A waterbased dispersion useful for forming aqueous coating compositions containing dispersed hydrophobic material, an aqueous carrier and a branched polymer dispersant (binder);the branched polymer has a weight average molecular weight of about 5,000-100,000 and contains 20-80% by weight of a hydrophilic backbone and correspondingly 80-20% by weight of macromonomer side chains; wherein the backbone is of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers and 2-30% by weight, based on the weight of the backbone of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers having an acid-functional group; and wherein at least 10% of the acid-functional groups are neutralized with an amine or an inorganic base and is hydrophilic in comparison to the side chains; andthe side chains are of macromonomers of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers that are polymerized into the backbone via an ethylenically unsaturated group and the macromonomers have a weight average molecular weight of about 1,000-30,000 and wherein the wei