Appeal No. 95-2255
Application No. 07/962,035
Forestek 4,051,275 Sep. 27,
1977
All of the appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Forestek.
For a complete exposition of the opposing viewpoints
expressed by the appellants and the examiner concerning the
above noted rejection, we refer to the Brief (Paper No. 26),
the Reply Brief (Paper No. 28) and to the Answer (Paper No.
27) and the Examiner's Communication in response to the Reply
Brief (Paper No. 32).
OPINION
This rejection cannot be sustained.
Forestek discloses an improvement to a known process of
depositing particles onto a workpiece surface. In the known
process, the surface is heated to expand the size of the
fissures or pores therein, particles are then deposited in the
expanded fissures or pores and subsequently the surface
temperature is lowered whereby the particles are locked into
the now retracted fissures or pores by interference fit (e.g.,
see lines 1 through 11 of the Abstract). Patentee teaches
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