Appeal No. 96-3586
Application No. 08/262,848
John Samonides (the appellant) appeals from the final
rejection of claims 14 and 15, the only claims remaining in
the application.
We AFFIRM.
The appellant's invention pertains to a method of
permanently marking an identifying indicia on a part.
Independent claim 14 is further illustrative of the appealed
subject matter and a copy thereof may be found in Appendix A
of the brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Altman 3,963,338 Jun. 15, 1976
Wright et al. 4,687,725 Aug. 18, 1987
(Wright)
Lawson 5,044,791 Sep. 3, 1991
Claims 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which the appellant regards as the invention.
Claims 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over either Altman, Lawson or Wright.
The rejections are explained on pages 2-4 of the final
rejection. The arguments of the appellant and examiner in
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