Appeal No. 1998-2119
Application No. 08/343,965
supported by evidence, as shown by some objective teaching in
the prior art or by knowledge generally available to one of
ordinary skill in the art that would have led that individual
to combine the relevant teachings of the references to arrive
at the claimed invention. See In re Fine, 837 F.2d 1071,
1074, 5 USPQ2d 1596, 1598 (Fed. Cir. 1988).
With this as our background, we turn to the examiner’s
rejection of claims 1-9, 13-15 and 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over French ‘210 in view of Japanese ‘845.
The primary reference, French ‘210, was discussed by
appellant on page 1 of his specification and discloses a
method for fabricating a foil-type material wherein expanded
metal is coated on each face with a polytetrafluoroethylene
(PTFE) strip. The assembly is formed in a mold by hot-pressing
at a pressure of between 20 and 200 kg/cm2.
Japanese ‘845 teaches a method for producing a laminated
sheet wherein a precuring step involving heating without
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