Appeal No: 1997-1820
Application No: 08/313,941
depositing said metal thereon; said treatment of the
carbon with acid being such that after said deposit
of metal, the catalyst employed for said
hydrogenolysis contains between .1 and 10 percent by
weight of said metal, less than about 200 ppm
phosphorus and less than about 200 ppm sulfur.
From the language of the claims it is unclear whether the
catalyst is the metal itself which is then placed on a carbon
support or whether the catalyst is the combination of the
metal and the carbon support. Since it is clear from
applicant's disclosure that inorganic constituents such as
sulfur and phosphorus are removed from the carbon support and
not the metal
(see, e.g., Paper 1 at 6-8), we interpret the "catalyst"
referred to in the claims as including both the metal and the
carbon support.
Applicant states that claims 1-5 and 9-13 stand or fall
together (Paper 31 (App. Br.) at 10-11). Applicant's
arguments address the limitations of each of the remaining
claims separately.
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