The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 39 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MITSUHISA TAMURA, KENSHI UCHIDA, KIYOSHI IWANAGA AND YOSHIAKI ITO __________ Appeal No. 2000-0998 Application 08/521,432 ___________ HEARD: July 11, 2002 ___________ Before OWENS, LIEBERMAN and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the refusal to allow claims 1-8 as amended after final rejection. These are all of the claims in the application. THE INVENTION The appellants claim a process for producing 1-hexene comprising preparing a specified catalyst system in 1-hexene solvent, charging the catalyst system in a reaction vessel without removing the 1-hexene solvent from the catalyst system, adding ethylene and a solvent consisting essentially of 1-hexenePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007