Appeal No. 1996-3808 Page 3
Application No. 08/213,832
elevated temperature in the presence of free-radical initiators
which comprises: passing a mixture of said reactants to the
inlet port of the tubular reactor only, monitoring the
temperature in a first reaction zone and restricting the
temperature in said zone to a maximum of about 240°C and, after
the temperature has dropped by from 5° to 20°C in said zone,
metering further initiator to the beginning of a second
reaction zone and completing the reaction at a temperature of
up to 300° C.
THE REFERENCES OF RECORD
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the
following references.
Beals et al. (Beals) 4,175,169 Nov. 20,
1979
Metzger et al. (Metzger) 4,579,918 Apr.
1, 1986
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 3, 4 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Metzger in view of Beals.
OPINION
As an initial matter, appellants’ Brief does not contain a
statement that claims 3, 4 and 9 do not stand or fall
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