Interference 103,482
However, it is our view that no persons skilled in the art
reasonably would have interpreted the processes Dolle claims
as being directed to processes for producing a syndio-isoblock
polymer by polymerizing ethylene itself. Accordingly, we
conclude that Dolle’s claims are not directed to processes for
the preparation of polyethylene.
Our interpretation of the language of Dolle’s claims is
consistent with the interpretation of the scope of the claimed
subject matter in In re Angstadt, 537 F.2d 498, 190 USPQ 214
(CCPA 1976). Angstadt’s claims were directed to an improved
“process for the catalytic oxidation of secondary or tertiary
alkylaromatic hydrocarbons of the formula . . . in the
presence of air or oxygen at a temperature of from about 80 to
150 CO
to form a reaction mixture comprising the corresponding
hydroperoxides . . . wherein the catalyst is of the formula
Mx (HAPA) . . . wherein the ratio of said catalyst to said
n m
alkylaromatic hydrocarbon is from about 0.1 to 5.0 parts by
weight of catalyst per 100 parts by weight of alkylaromatic
hydrocarbon.” In re Angstadt, 537 F.2d at 500, 190 USPQ at
216.
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