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                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.                                          

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