Ex parte CRUM et al. - Page 4

                 Appeal No. 96-1315                                                                                                                     
                 Application 08/293,611                                                                                                                 


                 carry out the claimed process or  (2) that one of ordinary skill in this art could not make and                                        
                 use liquid hydrocarbons of the molecular weight range of 142 to 422 in the claimed                                                     
                 process.  In addition, the examiner has proffered no                                                                                   


                 evidence or acceptable reasoning to establish that the viscosity of the adsorbent affects                                              
                 the extraction process in a fashion to doubt that the full scope of the claimed invention is                                           
                 not enabled.                                                                                                                           
                                                                    Reversed                                                                            








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