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simply impossible based on the disclosure found in . . .
Application Serial No. 147,006 to determine what special
meaning is to be attributed by the phrase “a sequence
length
of 3-50 monomer units” whether it is applied to an
isotactic
sequence or to a syndiotactic sequence or to a
distribution
of meso and racemic dyads as Dr. Winter may be arguing.
We cannot agree with Dr. Atwood’s conclusion that “[i]t
is simply impossible based on the disclosure found in . . .
Application Serial No. 147,006 to determine what special
meaning is to be attributed by the phrase ‘a sequence length
of 3-50 monomer units’” (id.). Dr. Atwood has not explained
why persons skilled in the art, with full knowledge of
Randall’s teaching and Buschermohle’s formulas for calculating
average sequence length, (1) would not have understood that
the sequence lengths of stereochemical additions of vinyl
polymers may be accurately described in terms of the average
sequence length of like configurational placements in
accordance with Randall’s teaching (EE VI), and (2) could not
have accurately calculated the average sequence length for the
isotactic and syndiotactic sequences present in a polyolefin
from the unique stereochemical pentad distribution indicated
by its C-13 NMR spectra and the totality of information Dolle
discloses, especially since Dolle discloses the average
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