Appeal 2007-1521 Application 10/694,584 12. Claim 1 reads in most relevant part3: A method for reducing the aging characteristics of a rubber vulcanizate comprising admixing [a] an anti-aging agent, based on organic compounds comprising azadiene groups of the general formula (I) with [b] at least one rubber monomer and [c] a vulcanizing agent. (Answer at 14–15 (Claims Appendix); indentation, emphasis, and bracketed labels added.) Becke 13. Becke states that "[t]he present invention relates to a catalyst system based on monoazadiene metal complexes and their use for the polymerization of unsaturated compounds." (Becke at 1:3–6.) 14. Becke describes catalyst systems based on monoazadiene complexes of the formula: 3 A complete copy of claim 1 is reproduced in Appendix I. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
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