Ex parte SHAMSHOUM et al. - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 1997-1684                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/223,916                                                                                                             




                 and the other described by the formula:                                                                                                

                 OR'2                                                                                                                                   
                                                                       š                                                                               
                                                     R'      __ ____  ____Si        R'                                                                       
                                                            1                    4                                                                    
                                                                       š                                                                               
                                                             OR'3                                                                                      
                 wherein R'  is an alkyl or cycloalkyl group containing at                                                                              
                                   1                                                                                                                    
                 least one primary, secondary or tertiary carbon atom attached                                                                          
                 to the silicon atom, R'  and R'  are an alkyl or aryl group,2            3                                                                               
                 R'  and R'  being the same or different; and R'  is an alkyl2            3                                                              4                                                   
                 group with a primary carbon attached to the silicon atom, R'1                                                                          
                 and R'  being the same or different;                                                                                                   
                            4                                                                                                                           
                          (d) introducing the catalyst into a polymerization                                                                            
                 reaction zone containing said organoaluminum compound, said                                                                            
                 electron donors and monomer; and                                                                                                       
                          (e) extracting polypropylene from the polymerization                                                                          
                 reaction zone.                                                                                                                         
                          The references of record relied upon by the examiner as                                                                       
                 evidence of obviousness are:                                                                                                           
                 Shamshowm et al. (Shamshoum)                                   5,308,818                           May  3,                             
                 1994                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                (filing date: June 8, 1992)                                             
                 Hoppin et al. (Hoppin)                                4,829,038                           May  9, 1989                                 
                 Ewen                                                           4,927,797                           May 22,                             
                 1990                                                                                                                                   
                          The following rejections are before us for consideration:3                                                                    

                          3By Advisory Action (Paper No. 8), the examiner has                                                                           
                 indicated that a previously applied rejection under the second                                                                         
                                                                           3                                                                            





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