Appeal No. 2002-0178
Application 09/385,909
percent based on the amount of monomers selected to generate the
latex polymer.
9. A process in accordance with claim 8 wherein m is zero,
or 1.
10. A process in accordance with claim 8 wherein alkylene
contains from 2 to about 18 carbon atoms.
11. A process in accordance with claim 8 where alkylene is
ethylene, propylene, or butylene.
12. A process in accordance with claim 8 wherein amino
substituted with alkyl is acrylamide, methacrylamido, or
acrotonylamido.
13. A process in accordance with claim 8 wherein said
monovalent cation X is ammonium, sodium, or potassium.
14. A process in accordance with claim 8 wherein said
monovalent cation X is an alkali metal.
15. A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said ionic
sulfonate monomer is ammonium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane
sulfonate, sodium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonate, or 2-
acrylamido-2-methylbutane sulfonic acid.
16. A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said ionic
sulfonate monomer is sodium vinyl sulfonate, or potassium vinyl
sulfonate.
17. A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein said ionic
sulfonate monomer is comprised of the salts thereof of 2-
acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid ammonium salt, 2-
acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid sodium salt, or 2-
acrylamido-2-methylbutanesulfonic acid potassium salt.
18. A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein a mixture
of two monomers is selected.
19. A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the
anionic surfactant is sodium dodecyl sulfate, sodium
dodecylbenzene sulfonate, sodium dodecyl naphthalene sulfate,
sodium dodecyl diphenyloxide disulfonate, or sodium N-decyl
diphenyloxide disulfonate, and the nonionic surfactant is
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