Patent ID: 9290595
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: C08F

Claim Text:
1. A process for producing a fluoroolefin/vinyl alcohol copolymer, which comprises a polymerization step of copolymerizing a fluoroolefin represented by the following formula (1) and a vinyl ether represented by the following formula (2), and a deprotection step of substituting R 1 in polymerized units based on the vinyl ether in the copolymer obtained in the polymerization step, with a hydrogen atom to form a hydroxy group: wherein X is a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a trifluoromethyl group or —OC a F 2a+1 wherein a is an integer of from 1 to 3, and R 1 is a protective group to be substituted with a hydrogen atom by a deprotection reaction wherein R