Patent ID: 7560098

Claim:
A polymer comprising monomers selected from the group consisting of a monomer of formula (I), a monomer of formula (II), and combinations thereof: wherein R 1 and R 5 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 50 alkyl, C 2 -C 50 alkenyl, C 2 -C 50 alkyne, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, C 1 -C 50 polyether, C 1 -C 50 substituted polyether, C 1 -C 50 substituted alkyl, C 3 -C 8 substituted cycloalkyl, C 2 -C 50 substituted alkenyl, C 2 -C 50 substituted alkyne; R 2 and R 6 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 50 alkyl, C 2 -C 50 alkenyl, C 2 -C 50 alkyne, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, C 1 -C 50 polyether, C 1 -C 50 substituted polyether, C 1 -C 50 substituted alkyl, C 3 -C 8 substituted cycloalkyl, C 2 -C 50 substituted alkenyl, C 2 -C 50 substituted alkyne, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heteroaryl and substituted heterocycloalkyl; R 3 , R 4 , R 7 and R 8 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 50 alkyl, C 2 -C 50 alkenyl, C 2 -C 50 alkyne, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, C 1 -C 50 polyether, C 1 -C 50 substituted polyether, C 1 -C 50 substituted alkyl, C 3 -C 8 substituted cycloalkyl, C 2 -C 50 substituted alkenyl, C 2 -C 50 substituted alkyne, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, hydroxyl, ester, carboxy, cyano, amino, amido, sulfur and halo; b, c, e and f are each in the range of 0 to 4; a and d are each in the range of 0 to 200, and the sum of a and d is at least 1.