Ex Parte SHAMSHOUM et al - Page 12



          Appeal No. 1999-1832                                                        
          Application No. 08/474,233                                                  

                                      APPENDIX                                        
                                      Claim 14                                        
               14.  A process for the polymerization of propylene                     
               comprising:                                                            
                    (a)  selecting a conventional Ziegler-Natta                       
                    catalyst component consisting essentially of                      
                    about 1.5-6.0% by weight or [sic, of]                             
                    titanium, about 10-20% by weight of                               
                    magnesium, about 40-70% by weight of a halide                     
                    selected from the group consisting of                             
                    chlorine, bromine, and iodine; about 5-25% by                     
                    weight of a polycarboxylic ester selected                         
                    from the group consisting of the esters of                        
                    aliphatic, aromatic and alicyclic                                 
                    polycarboxylic acids; and about 0.1-2.5% by                       
                    weight of an organic phosphorus compound                          
                    selected from the group consisting of                             
                    hydrocarbon esters of phosphoric acid and                         
                    phosphorus acid wherein each hydrocarbon                          
                    group has 1 to 6 carbon atoms, said catalyst                      
                    component being prepared by a process having                      
                    the following steps:                                              
                         a) dissolving a magnesium halide compound                    
                    selected from the group consisting of magnesium                   
                    halide complexes of magnesium halide with water or                
                    alcohol and derivatives of magnesium halide                       
                    wherein a halogen atom is replaced by a                           
                    hydrocarboxyl group or a halohydrocarboxyl group                  
                    in a solvent mixture consisting of an organic                     
                    epoxy compound, selected from the group consisting                
                    of oxides of aliphatic olefins and diolefins,                     
                    oxides of halogenated aliphatic olefins and                       
                    diolefins and glycidyl ethers, all having 2 to 8                  
                    carbon atoms, and an organic phosphorus compound                  
                    selected from the group consisting of alkyl                       
                    phosphates, aryl phosphates, aralkyl phosphates,                  


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