Abstract: An amphoteric polymer dispersion obtained in the presence of at least one of starch or a starch derivative by a two-stage polymerization using anionic and cationic monomers is useful as a sizing agent for paper products, as a coating for various substrates, and as a binder in pigment-free coatings or pigment-containing coatings. The dispersion is exceptionally compatible with widely differing sizing agent systems and coating chemicals.

Abstract: A process for producing an amphoteric aqueous polymer dispersion by two-step radical copolymerization includes (a) decomposing a starch by treatment with an enzyme or acid hydrolysis to provide a starch solution composed of decomposed starch and/or derivatives thereof having an average molecular weight ranging from 500 to 2000 g/mole and with the starch solution having an internal viscosity<0.

Abstract: Aqueous filler composition comprising a polyester resin, which is built up of the educts (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) or their ester-forming derivatives, the sum of the reactants corresponding to 100 mol-% and the ratio of the sum of the hydroxyl equivalents (eg OH) to the sum of the carboxyl equivalents in the reactants being between 0.5 and 2.0, where(a) is at least one dicarboxylic acid which is not a sulfo or phosphorus monomer,(b) is 0 to 15 mol-% of at least one difunctional sulfo or phosphono monomer, the functional groups of which are carboxyl and/or hydroxyl groups, having at least one sulfonate or phosphonate group,(c) is at least one difunctional compound which is derived from a glycol containing two --C(R).sub.