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Sorry, I'm not following. The aryne intermediate can only produce products by addition to either end of the "triple" bond. This would yield products with the substituent oriented either $meta$ or $para$ to the $t$-butyl group, no $ortho$ product would be formed. Further, there is no isobutylene or silica catalyst, as claimed in your referenced patent, present in this reaction.
