Appeal No. 95-1077
Application 07/965,647
brief, the DECLARATION UNDER 37 CFR § 1.132 filed with
appellants’ brief, and the arguments presented by the examiner
in the answer, we hereby affirm the rejection of claim 12
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Hoover.5
The claimed invention
Claim 12 is directed to a poly(arylene sulfide) polymer
prepared according to a particular process and having a melt
flow rate in the range of about 2 to less than 50 g/10
minutes. The process comprises contacting (a) at least one
sulfur source, (b) at least one dihaloaromatic compound, (c) a
polar organic compound, (d) at least one lithium salt which is
soluble in the polar organic compound, and (e) a specific
amount of water to form a reaction mixture and subjecting the
reaction mixture to polymerization conditions sufficient to
form the poly(arylene sulfide) polymer. The poly(arylene
sulfide) polymers produced according to this process are said
to be “essentially linear” (Specification p.3, line 35-p.4,
line 10).
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A reply brief was filed on September 20, 1994 but
was refused entry as not being in compliance with 37 CFR §
1.193(b). Thus, the arguments presented therein are not
before us in this appeal. See Paper No. 15.
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