Appeal No. 95-3422
Application 07/891,132
application.
Claims 1-3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable in view of the teaching of Levin, U.S.
4,737,348, patented April 12, 1988, and the acknowledged prior
“existence of a commercially available material comprising a
silicon carbide coated carbon fiber composite, page 12 of the
specification” (Examiner's Answer, p. 4). Claims 4-9 and 12-
21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
in view of the combined teachings of Levin, Richerson et al.
(Richerson), U.S. 3,895,219, patented July 15, 1975, and the
acknowledged prior “existence of a commercially available
material comprising a silicon carbide coated carbon fiber
composite, page 12 of the specification” (Examiner's Answer,
p. 4). Claims 10-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable in view of the combined teachings of Levin
and Richerson.
In the Examiner’s Answer, pp. 9-14, the examiner entered
NEW GROUNDS of rejection of Claims 1-21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable in view of the aforementioned
combination of prior art teachings and acknowledgments,
further in view
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