Vandenberg v. Reynolds

RICH, Judge.

This is a patent interference on a single count which reads:

“The process which comprises polymerizing a mixture of buta-diene-1,3 and styrene at a temperature below 0°C. in aqueous emulsion in the presence of methanol, an emulsifying agent, an activating-reducing composition comprising a ferrous compound, and as the catalyst a phenylcyclohexyl hydroper-oxide in which the hydroperoxy group is attached to that carbon atom in the cyclohexyl ring which is attached to the phenyl ring.” (Emphasis ours.)

In short, the invention is a process of making synthetic rubber and its novelty…