Appeal No. 94-0786
Application 07/861,332
Staff 2,453,044 Nov. 2, 1948
Robota 3,544,644 Dec. 1, 1970
The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 USC § 103 as
unpatentable over Kreps in view of Staff ; Robota ‘089 in view of 2
Staff; or Oga in view of Staff.
We reverse the rejections as applied to appealed method
claims 10 through 12. We affirm the rejections as applied
against appealed ?system? claim 13.
This is the second appeal of claimed subject matter which is
directed to a method and a ?system? for cracking dicyclopen-
tadiene to produce cyclopentadiene monomer. In comparison with
the claims previously considered by the Board in the decision
entered January 22, 1996 (Paper No. 20), the appealed method
claims now require, inter alia, the introduction into a body of
heat transfer fluid of ?monomer and heat transfer fluid free?
molten dicyclopentadiene. This claim limitation, as argued by
appellant, further distinguishes the claimed process from the
specific systems such as the Kreps Figure 1 embodiment wherein
2 The examiner relies on the Canadian patent to Staff.
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