Preferred embodiment

Tlie next section of the patent is tided "The Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment", Q (Fig. lb), often a multipage work serving several functions. First, the detailed description should provide an illustration of the invention in both its broadest or simplest sense and in its most preferred sense. Any elements of the invention that the inventor beheves are crucial to the success or performance of the invention must also be included within this description. Further, tbi< description should provide an explanation of the invention that is definite and illustrative, so as to allow persons having nothing but die patent before diem to practice or use die invention in the manner intended. This description should be understood by those who work in the area that covers the subject matter of the patent. 

When evaluating an issued patent for purposes of determining the patentabiUty of a new invention, the entire patent must be considered. As a result, the figures, K, and The Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment, Q, are every bit as important to an issued patent as the claims, S. At certain times any one of these elements may become more relevant than another. For example, claims tend to be more relevant to deterrninations of patent infringement or violation. However, in deterrninations concerning the patentabiUty of new inventions, the figures, K, and The Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment, Q, may be the most relevant aspects of any previous patent. 

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the tubular reaction zone is uncooled and the temperature of the reaction mixture in the tubular reaction zone is controlled within safe operating limits by regulating the temperature... 

These descriptions provide illustrations of some of the presently envisioned preferred embodiments and applications of this invention. 

Prior art reference 1 A preferred embodiment where A and B are each... 

The present invention describes the use of a silver composition in water to treat certain human ailments. An embodiment of the invention is a silver composition comprising small particles of silver which comprise an interior of metallic silver and an exterior of ionic silver which particles are suspended in water. A preferred embodiment of the invention is a silver composition comprising particles of silver wherein more than 50% of the particles are less than 0.015 micrometers in size and the particles are colloidally suspended in water. 

A preferred embodiment of the present invention is directed to compositions of silver in water made using a modification of the device and methods described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,214,299, which is a parent of the instant application and is incorporated herein by reference. 

The following claims are thus to be understood to include what is specifically illustrated and described above, what is conceptually equivalent, what can be obviously substituted and also what essentially incorporates the essential idea of the invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various adaptations and modifications of the just-described preferred embodiment can be configured without departing from the scope of the invention. The... 

Beimesch and Zehler (104) described the uses of two esters with different viscosity in diesel fuel to reduce smoke emissions and increase fuel lubricity. In one preferred embodiment of that invention, methyl octadecenoate, a major component of biodiesel, was included in the formula. Similarly, Dilworth (105) also described a fuel composition comprising middle distillate fuel oil and two additional lubricating components those components being (1) an ester of an unsaturated... 

Ethyl acetate may be used in a similar manner but the reaction is not as rapid or as complete as with methyl acetate and the methyl acetate therefore constitutes a preferred embodiment of the invention, particularly as the solvent power of methyl acetate for water is greater than that os ethyl acetate and it is therefore a more efficient washing medium thai ethyl acetate so that improved results are also obtained in the scconc step of the process. It will be apparent that the present inventior eliminates costly equipment for a troublesome fractional distillation oi for distillation of the acetamide itself and the reaction is not carried oir at high temperatures or under high pressures which further eliminate-the necessity for expensive apparatus. The expense and loss incident iv recrystallization which may be necessary in processes used hitherto, i-also avoided without any loss in purity of the acetamide. 

In carrying out the reaction to produce the compound of formula 11 above, temperature and pressure are not critical and this reaction can be carried out at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. If desired, lower or elevated temperatures can be utilized. This condensation reaction is advantageously effected at a temperature of from about 0° C. to about 120° C. In a preferred embodiment of this invention, the reaction is particularly preferably carried out in the presence of p-toluene-sulphonic acid in benzene by heating to a temperature of about 80° C. for 2 hours under reflux conditions. 

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of this invention, the compound of the formula II above is converted to a compound of the formula III above by treating the compound of the formula II above with zinc chloride in a methylene chloride solution saturated with hydrogen chloride. 

A preferred embodiment of this concept is the catalytic plate reactor, which consists of catalytically coated metal plates so that exothermic and endothermic reactions take place in alternate channels. In addition to minimizing the heat transfer resistances, this reactor facilitates mass transfer to the catalytic surface by reducing the diffusion length. Catalytic plate reactors can find applications in steam reforming, dehydrogenation, and hydrocarbon cracking which are strongly endothermic processes. In recent years those reactors have received considerable attention as steam reformers for fuel cell applications. " ... 

It is instructive to calculate the key properties of specific polymers by using the correlation scheme developed in this book, to complement the earlier chapters where individual properties were calculated for large sets of polymers. Polystyrene, and random copolymers of styrene and oxytrimethylene, will be used as examples. Only the correlations which provide the preferred embodiment of our work will be used. In previous chapters, information provided by available group contributions and by related experimental data were incorporated in calculationss of "best estimates" of some properties. In this chapter, the properties will be calculated by using the new correlations consistently to estimate all parameters in intermediate steps of the calculations. Some values predicted below therefore differ from results listed in previous chapters. The steps involved in calculations of the properties will be listed. See earlier chapters for comparisons of the results with experimental data and with results of calculations using group contributions. 

In the preferred embodiment, liquid CO2 at conditions of between -5 °C and 15 °C is used. The temperature range of -5 °C to 15 °C is preferred. At conditions below -5 °C, waxes in the hops dissolve preferentially resulting in an impure alpha-acids product. At conditions above 15 °C the solubility of alpha-acids is low requiring long extraction times. The solution leaving the extractor vessel is conveyed to a separator vessel where the CO2 is separated from the exU act by evaporation. The CO2 is condensed and is recycled to the extractor. 

A preferred embodiment of an oxygen transport membrane would thus have a thin porous support on the feed side to improve oxygen exchange, a thin dense separation membrane, a fine pore structure interfacial layer to facilitate oxygen transfer out of the membrane and a coarse porous support to maximize product flow and provide the structural support. An example is shown in Fig. 6.4. The coarse porous support material could be made out of inert material because it is not chemically active in the transport of oxygen. This allows the use of less expensive materials which may also have better strength characteristics. 

In preferred embodiments of the composition of the invention carbonaceous materials and/or film forming resin adhesives are employed. These materials can add desirable properties with respect to shake-out and storage life. The employment of these optional, but preferred, materials is described in greater detail in the following paragraphs. 

The preferred solvent is water, the preferred oxide is Si02, and the preferred solute is silicic acid, a precursor to anhydrous silica. The process of such preferred embodiments comprises ... 

Preferred Embodiments—preferred structures or blends, when apphcable... 

The foregoing constitute some of the principal ob-20 jects and advantages of the present invention, others of which will become apparent from the following description read in conjunction with the drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention showing horizontally dis-... 

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