| CPC D21H 19/12 (2013.01) [C08F 297/02 (2013.01); C09D 5/00 (2013.01); C09D 153/005 (2013.01); D21H 21/16 (2013.01); D21H 27/001 (2013.01); C08F 2810/00 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims | 

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               1. A coating agent for paper comprising: an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, wherein the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer has a content of ethylene units of 1 mol % or more and less than 20 mol % and a block character of the ethylene units from 0.90 to 0.99. 
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