Appeal No. 1996-3975
Application No. 08/328,179
THE CLAIM
Claim 8 is illustrative of appellants’ invention and is
reproduced below.
8. Apparatus comprising:
a polymerization reactor;
means for providing monomer to said polymerization
reactor;
means for providing catalyst to said polymerization
reactor;
means for removing the reaction effluent containing
polymer and unreacted monomer from said polymerization
reactor;
first flash separation means for receiving a major
portion of said reaction effluent and flash separating said
unreacted monomer from said polymer at a pressure above about
100 psig;
second flash separation means for receiving a minor
portion of said reaction effluent and flash separating said
unreacted monomer from said polymer at a pressure below about
75 psig;
means for analyzing said monomer separated from said
minor portion of said reaction effluent to produce a signal
representative of at least one condition in the polymerization
reactor;
means for manipulating at least one condition in said
polymerization reactor in response to said signal.
THE REFERENCES OF RECORD
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