11  US 6,391,949 B2  12  R$_{17 }$is chlorine, amino substituted by alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon  atoms or by T$_{1}$ , -N(alkyl)T$_{1 }$ with alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon  atoms, -N(alkyl)$_{2 }$ of 2 to 16 carbon atoms, or the group T$_{3 }$ R$_{16 }$is hydrogen, acyl of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, carbamoyl  substituted by alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, s-triazinyl  substituted once by chlorine and once by R$_{1}$s, or s-triazinyl  substituted twice by R$_{1}$s with the condition that the two R$_{1}$s  substituents may be different;  R$_{1}$s is morpholino, piperidino, 1-piperizinyl, alkylamino  of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, especially branched alkylamino of 3  to 8 carbon atoms such as tert-octylamino, -N(alkyl)T$_{1 }$ with alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or -N(alkyl)$_{2 }$ of 2 to 16  carbon atoms,  z is an integer such that the compound has a molecular  weight of 1000 to 4000 amu,  R$_{9 }$ is a divalent oxygen atom, or  R$_{9 }$ is a divalent nitrogen 65  atom substituted by either hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 12 carbon  atoms or T$_{1 }$ R$_{7 }$ and  R$_{8 }$ are independently chlorine, alkoxy of 1 to 18  carbon atoms, -O-T  1 ,  amino substituted by  2-hydroxyethyl, -NH(alkyl) of 1 to 18 carbon atoms,  -N(alkyl)T$_{1 }$ of with alkyl of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or  -N(alkyl)$_{2 }$ of 2 to 36 carbon atoms,  R$_{6 }$ is a tetravalent alkoxy radical of a saturated or unsat› urated aliphatic tetraol containing 4 to 18 carbon atoms,  when n is 4,  R$_{6 }$ is a trivalent alkoxy radical of a saturated or unsatur› ated aliphatic trial containing 3 to 18 carbon atoms,  when n is 3,  R$_{6 }$ is alkylenedioxy of 2 to 18 carbon atoms, alkenylene› dioxy of 2 to 18 carbon atoms, -NH-alkylene-NH- of 2  to 18 carbon atoms or -N(alkyl)-alkylene-N(alkyl)- of 2  to 18 carbon atoms, or  R$_{6 }$ is 4-methyl-1,3- phenylenediamino,  y is 1 to 10;  x is 3 to 6;  k is Oto 5;  his Oto 4;  dis 0 or 1;  R$_{14 }$is hydrogen or silyl substituted three times indepen› dently by hydrogen, by phenyl, by alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon  atoms or by alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms;  when n is 2,  R$_{6 }$ is alkoxy of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkenyloxy of 2 to  18 carbon atoms, -NHalkyl of 1 to 18 carbon atoms or  -N(alkyl)$_{2 }$ of 2 to 36 carbon atoms,  when n is 1,  Rs is a trivalent acyl radical of an aliphatic or unsaturated  aliphatic tricarboxylic acid containing 6 to 18 carbon atoms,  or a trivalent acyl radical of an aromatic tricarboxylic acid  containing  9  to 15 carbon atoms;  R$_{13 }$ is hydrogen, phenyl, straight or branched alkyl of 1 to  12 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, straight or  branched alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms substituted by phenyl,  cycloalkyl of 5 to 8 carbon atoms, cycloalkenyl of 5 to 8  carbon atoms, alkenyl of 2 to 12 carbon atoms, glycidyl,  allyloxy, straight or branched hydroxyalkyl of 1 to 4 carbon  atoms, or silyl or silyloxy substituted three times indepen› dently by hydrogen, by phenyl, by alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon  atoms or by alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms;  Rs is alkylene of 2 to 12 carbon atoms, a divalent acyl  radical of an aliphatic or unsaturated aliphatic dicarboxylic  or dicarbamic acid containing 2 to 18 carbon atoms, a  divalent acyl radical of a cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic or  dicarbamic acid containing  7  to 12 carbon atoms, or a 30  divalent acyl radical of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid con› taining 8 to 15 carbon atoms;  when pis 3,  when pis 2,  Rs is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an acyl  radical of an aliphatic or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic or  carbamic acid containing 2 to 18 carbon atoms, an acyl  radical of a cycloaliphatic carboxylic or carbamic acid  containing  7  to 12 carbon atoms, an acyl radical of an 20  aromatic carboxylic acid containing  7  to 15 carbon atoms, or  R$_{4 }$ and Rs together are ----(CH$_{2}$)sCO-, phthaloyl or a  divalent acyl radical of maleic acid;  R$_{10 }$ is  hydrogen or methyl,  q is 2 to 8,  R$_{11 }$ and  R$_{12 }$ are independently hydrogen or the group  when pis 1,  R$_{4 }$ is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 18 carbon atoms or acyl of  2 to 6 carbon atoms;  p is  1 to 3,  R$_{3 }$ is a tetravalent acyl radical of an aliphatic or unsat› urated aliphatic tetracarboxylic acid, especially 1,2,3,4- butanetetracarboxylic acid, 1,2,3,4-but-2-enetetracarboxylic  acid, 1,2,3,5-pentanetetracarboxylic acid and 1,2,4,5- pentanetetracarboxylic acid, or  R$_{3 }$ is a tetravalent acyl  radical of an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid containing 10 to  18 carbon atoms;  when n is 4, 