Patent ID: 7645564

Claim:
A method of forming a thick film composition comprising the steps: (a) providing ethylenically unsaturated monomers; (b) providing a high boiling point organic solvent with a boiling point in the range of 160° C. to 300° C.; (c) combining the monomers of (a) with the solvent of (b) to effect polymerization to directly form a copolymer in said solvent thereby forming a polymer solution comprising said copolymer wherein said polymer solution has a viscosity of greater than 5 Pascal seconds at 25° C.; (d) providing one or more functional powders; (e) providing one or more inorganic binders; (f) combining the polymer solution of (c) with functional powders of (d) and the inorganic binder of (e) to form a thick film composition.