Appeal No. 2005-1436
Application No. 09/771,876
suggested by the examiner, and claims 28-38 and 41 stand
withdrawn from consideration, pursuant to a restriction
requirement, as being directed to a non-elected invention. The
claims on appeal relate to an aluminosilicate zeolitic catalyst
which contains one or more additional metals, i.e., Fe, Ga, Ti,
and/or Co, and also relate to a process for preparing the
catalyst.
Claim 1, which is one of three independent claims, is
representative of the subject matter embodied in the appealed
claims.
1. A catalyst for methylating a naphthalenic
feedstock, said catalyst comprising: a zeolitic material
incorporating Al and one or more additional metals selected
from the group consisting of Fe, Ga, Ti, and Co, and
mixtures thereof, wherein the ratio of additional metal(s)
is between about 1:10 and 2.5:1, and between 5 and 95 weight
percent of a binder.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner are:
Absil et al. (Absil) 4,837,397 Jun. 6, 1989
Suzuki et al. (Suzuki) 4,994,254 Feb. 19, 1991
Skeels et al. (Skeels) 5,098,687 Mar. 24, 1992
Iwamoto et al. (Iwamoto) 5,207,893 May 4, 1993
Farnos et al. (Farnos) 5,614,079 Mar. 25, 1997
The following rejections are before us for review:
1. Claims 1-8, 10-11, 13-19, 21, and 39-40 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite.
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