Appeal No. 1998-3264
Application No. 08/345,371
rejection. The only other claims pending in the application,
which are claims 7, 9, 13, 19 and 21, stand withdrawn from
further consideration by the examiner.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a free radical
polymerization process for the preparation of a thermoplastic
resin which comprises forming a nitroxide stable free radical
agent from a precursor material in a reaction vessel,
introducing a free radical initiator and at least one
polymerizable monomer compound into said reactor vessel and
heating the resulting mixture in said vessel to form the
thermoplastic resin. This appealed subject matter is
adequately illustrated by independent claim 23 which reads as
follows:
23. A free radical polymerization process for the
preparation of a thermoplastic resin, comprising:
(a) forming a nitroxide stable free radical agent from a
precursor material in a reactor vessel;
(b) introducing a free radical initiator and at least one
polymerizable monomer compound into said reactor vessel; and
(c) heating a mixture comprised of said stable free
radical initiator, said nitroxide stable free radical agent,
and said at least one polymerizable monomer compound in said
reactor vessel to form a thermoplastic resin.
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