GALIMBERTI et al. V. ASANUMA et al. - Page 11




          Interference No. 103,303                                                    


               Asanuma et al.'s claims 9 and 11 depend from claim 8.                  
          These claims read as follows:                                               
               8.  A syndiotactic propylene copolymer comprising 70 to                
          99 mole % of propylene and 1 to 30 mole % of an olefin other                
          than propylene wherein in the C-NMR spectrum of said13                                            
          syndiotactic propylene copolymer, said copolymer exhibits a                 
          ratio of the intensity of a peak at about 20.2 ppm to the sum               
          of the intensities of the total peaks attributable to methyl                
          groups in propylene units at about 19-22 ppm of 0.3 or more.                
               9.  A syndiotactic propylene copolymer according to Claim              
          8, wherein said olefin other than propylene is an "-olefin                  
          having 2 or 4 to 25 carbon atoms.                                           
               11. A syndiotactic propylene copolymer according to Claim              
          9, comprising 76 to 99 mole% of propylene and 1 to 24 mole% of              
          butene wherein in the C-NMR spectrum of said syndiotactic13                                                    
          propylene copolymer, said copolymer exhibits a ratio of the                 
          intensity of a peak at about 20.2 ppm to the sum of the                     
          intensities of the total peaks attributable to methyl groups in             
          propylene units at about 19-22 of 0.5 or more.                              
               Galimberti et al.'s claim 1 is directed to crystalline                 
          syndiotactic copolymers of propylene and 1-butene containing 1.3            
          to 10 mole % of 1-butene units.  Asanuma et al.'s claim 11 is               
          directed to a syndiotactic copolymer comprising 76 to 99 mole %             
          of propylene and 1 to 24 mole % of butene.  The following table             
          compares the syndiotactic propylene butene copolymers of the                
          parties.                                                                    
          Galimberti's Claim 1              Asanuma et al.'s claim 11                 




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