Patent ID: 8404778

Claim:
A polymer composition comprising the reaction product of: a) a solute copolymer comprising i. 85 to 99.5 parts by weight of an (meth)acrylic acid ester of non-tertiary alcohol; ii. 0.5 to 15 parts by weight of an acid functional monomer; iii. 0 to 10 parts by weight of a non-acid functional, ethylenically unsaturated polar monomer; iv. 0 to 5 parts vinyl monomer, with (b) a solvent monomer of the formula: wherein R 1 is H or CH 3 ; X 1 is —O— or —NH—; R 2 is a (hetero)hydrocarbyl group, R 3 is H or a C 1 -C 12 alkyl group, R 4 is a C 1 -C 12 alkyl group or (meth)acryloylalkylene.