Appeal No. 96-0158
Application No. 08/110,003
13, 14, 16, 17 and 20-29 have either been allowed or objected
to but otherwise allowable.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a method for
making carbon foam which comprises uniformly infiltrating a
porous material substrate with a carbon foam precursor
material until the porous material is saturated and curing the
thus saturated porous and precursor materials. This appealed
subject matter is adequately illustrated by independent claim
1 which reads as follows:
1. A method for making carbon foam having a thickness
of 1 to 40 mils, comprising the steps of:
uniformly infiltrating a porous material substrate having
a density of less than 0.2g/cc with a carbon foam precursor
material until the porous material is saturated
curing the thus saturated porous and precursor materials;
and
pyrolyzing the thus cured materials.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Marek et al. (Marek) 3,922,334 Nov. 25,
1975
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