Patent ID: 6884837

Claim:
A crosslinkable polymer composition in the form of its aqueous polymer dispersion or polymer powder, comprised of: A) a copolymer having a glass transition temperature Tg or a melting temperature of ≧30° C. and containing units derived from one or more comonomers selected from the group consisting of vinyl esters of branched or unbranched alkylcarboxylic acids of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, acrylic esters or methacrylic esters of branched or unbranched alcohols of 1 to 15 carbon atoms, dienes, olefins, and vinyl aromatics, and from 0.1 to 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the comonomers, of one or more ethylenically unsaturated carboxyl-containing comonomers, and B) a copolymer containing units derived from one or more comonomers selected from the group consisting of vinyl esters of branched or unbranched alkylcarboxylic acids of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, acrylic esters or methacrylic esters of branched or unbranched alcohols of 1 to 15 carbon atoms, dienes, olefins, and vinyl aromatics, and from 0.1 to 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the comonomers, of one or more ethylenically unsaturated comonomers having functional groups capable of entering a covalent bond with the carboxyl groups of said copolymer A).