Appeal No. 97-3640
Application No. 08/406,272
group consisting of ethylene, propylene, and combinations thereof; said composition is
soda lime; the weight ratio of said carbon dioxide to said fluid stream is in the range of
from 0.000001:1 to 0.01:1; and the amount of said soda lime is in the range of from 2 g
to 5 g per g of CO in said water-containing fluid stream which is contacted with said
2
composition.
Claim 7 requires a weight ratio of carbon dioxide to olefin from about 0.000001:1 to about 0.1:1.
Claim 9 requires contacting the olefin with about 1 to about 20 g of oxygen-containing metal compound
per g of carbon dioxide. Claim 13 requires a weight ratio of "added" water to olefin from about
0.0001:1 to about 0.1:1. Claims 16 and 18 require the carbon dioxide removal step to be carried out
at a temperature from about 1EC to about 50EC and at a pressure from about 0 psig to about 2500
psig, respectively.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims
are:
Cheron et al. (Cheron) 4,063,899 Dec. 20, 1977
Jones, Jr. et al. (Jones) 4,313,916 Feb. 02, 1982
Skraba 4,384,160 May 17, 1983
Strack et al. (Strack) 5,090,977 Feb. 25, 1992
McKernan et al. (McKernan) 2,267,096 Nov. 11, 1993
(UK Patent Application)
HYDROCARBON PROCESSING excerpt (HP), "Sofnolime RG," April 1992.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the appellant are:
Ventriglio et al. (Ventriglio) 3,619,130 Nov. 09, 1971
Hogan et al. (Hogan) 4,493,715 Jan. 15, 1985
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