Patent ID: 7875698

Claim:
A polymeric initiator comprising a dendritic polymer core having at least one initiating functional group as an end group, wherein the dendritic polymer core is a hyperbranched polymer core, the hyperbranched polymer core being a polyglycidol, and wherein said at least one initiating functional group is an initiating functional group selected from the group consisting of benzoinethers, benzil ketals, α,α-dialkoxyacetophenones, α-hydroxyalkylphenones, α-aminoalkylphenones, acylphosphine oxides, acylphosphine sulfides, α-haloketones, α-halosulfones, α-halophenylglyoxalates, benzophenones, thioxanthones, 1,2-diketones and anthraquinones.