Appeal 2007-0510
Application 10/699,507
1 compositions under program control. Claims 1, 20, and 39 are the only
2 independent claims pending in the application. They read as follows:
3 1. A high throughput method for screening
4 lubricating oil additive composition samples, under program
5 control, comprising
6 (a) providing a plurality of different lubricating oil
7 additive composition samples comprising at least one
8 lubricating oil additive, each sample being in a respective one
9 of a plurality of test receptacles;
10 (b) maintaining each sample at a predetermined
11 temperature for a predetermined time;
12 (c) measuring the storage stability of each sample to
13 provide storage stability data for each sample; and,
14 (d) outputting the results of step (c).
15
16 20. A high throughput method for screening
17 lubricating oil composition samples, under program control,
18 comprising:
19 (a) providing a plurality of different lubricating oil
20 composition samples comprising (i) a major amount of at least
21 one base oil of lubricating viscosity and (ii) a minor amount of
22 at least one lubricating oil additive, each sample being in a
23 respective one of a plurality of test receptacles;
24 (b) maintaining each sample at a predetermined
25 temperature for a predetermined time;
26 (c) measuring the storage stability of each sample to
27 provide storage stability data for each sample; and,
28 (d) outputting the results of step (c).
29
30 39. A system for screening lubricant performance,
31 under program control, comprising:
32 a) a plurality of test receptacles, each containing a
33 different lubricating oil composition sample comprising (a) a
34 major amount of at least one base oil of lubricating viscosity
35 and (b) a minor amount of at least one lubricating oil additive;
36 b) receptacle moving means for individually
37 positioning said test receptacles in a testing station for
38 measurement of storage stability in the respective sample;
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