Appeal No. 1999-2548
Application No. 08/648,236
reducing gas under conditions suitable for countering adverse
effects of said contaminating metals.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness:
Corneil et al. (Corneil) 2,575,258 Nov. 13,
1951
Readal et al. (Readal) 3,977,963 Aug. 31, 1976
McKay 4,025,458 May 24, 1977
McKay 4,141,858 Feb. 27, 1979
Bertus et al. (Bertus) 4,167,471 Sep. 11, 1979
Suggitt et al. (Suggitt) 4,013,546 Mar.
22, 1977
Perue et al. 142406/78 Dec. 12, 1978
(Japanese ‘406)
Cimbalo et al. (Cimbalo), “Deposited metals poison FCC
catalyst,” Oil & Gas Journal, Vol. 70, No. 20, pp. 112-122,
1979
Claims 13 through 15, 21 through 27, 35 through 39, 41
through 45 and 50 through 55 are rejected under the first
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 for being based upon a disclosure
which does not contain a written description of the now
claimed subject matter.
Claims 1 through 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13 through 15, 21
through 27, 35 through 39, 41 through 45, 50 through 52, 54
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