Application of Floyd E. Naylor

WORLEY, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 2, 5 and 8-12 in appellant’s application 1 for “Process for Production of Rubbery Polymers” as “unpatentable over Crawford 2 in view of Badische-Anilin 3 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.”

The invention relates to a process for polymerizing 1,3-butadiene to produce a rubbery polybutadiene containing at least 80% of 1,2-addition 4 product. Appel lant uses a catalyst comprising molybdenum pentachloride (M0CI5), an organo-aluminum compound (AIR3) and a minor amount of a promoter such as an…