Patent ID: 7041762

Claim:
An imprinted polyvalent polymer of formula (1) wherein, R is selected from H, CH 3 , C 2 H 5 and C 6 H 5 , R 1 is selected from H, CH 3 , C 2 H 5 and C 6 H 5 ; R 2 is selected from H, CH 3 , C 2 H 5 and C 6 H 5 ; X is a residue selected from the group of 4-Amino Butyric Acid (4-ABa), 6-Amino Caproic Acid (6-ACA), 8-Amino Octanoic Acid (8-AOA), 10-Amino Decanoic Acid (10-ADA) and 11-Amino Undecanoic Acid (11-ADA), n is from 3 to 50, L is selected from OH, NH 2 , OCH 3 , NH—CH—(CH 3 ) 2 , Cl, OCH 2 , CH═CH 2 and O—CH═CH 2 ; Y is selected from N-Acetyl Glucosamine (NAG), mannose, galactose, sialic acid, fructose, ribulose, erythrolose, xylulose, psicose, sorbose, tagatose, glucopyranose, fructofuranose, deoxyribose, galactosamine, sucrose, lactose, isomaltose, maltose, cellobiose, cellulose and amylose; Z is a residue of a terminating agent selected from Mercapto Ethanol, Mercapto Propanol, Mercaptoethylamine and HCI.