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          Interference 103,482                                                        
          hemiisotactic olefin polymers in Ewen, U.S. Patent 5,036,034                
          (Appendix F).  However, as structurally defined in Ewen, U.S.               
          Patent 5,036,034 (col. 1, l. 52, to col. 2, l. 22, and col. 4,              
          l. 15-38), hemiisotactic olefin polymers, eg., polymers with                
          mmrrmm configurations, are not likely to be syndio-isoblock                 
          olefin polymers having molecular chains in which syndiotactic               
          and isotactic sequences are present and the average sequence                
          length is 3 to 50 monomer units.  See Ewen, U.S. Patent                     
          5,036,034,                                                                  
          col. 1, l. 52, to col. 2, l. 22, and col. 4, l. 15-38.                      
               (3) The syndio-isoblock polypropylene polymers having                  
          molecular chains in which syndiotactic and isotactic sequences              
          are present and the sequence length is 3 to 50 monomer units                
          which Dolle exemplifies in Application 08/147,006 and produced              
          by polymerizing propylene with a metallocene catalyst                       
          purportedly representative of the metallocene catalysts Dolle               
          generically describes, reasonably appear to be patentably                   
          indistinct from the hemiisotactic polypropylene polymer Ewen                
          exemplifies in U.S. Patent 5,036,034 and produced by                        
          polymerizing propylene with                                                 
          a metallocene catalyst purportedly representative of the                    
          metallocene catalysts Ewen generically describes.  Compare                  

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