Ex parte GEISS et al. - Page 6




          Appeal No. 1999-0875                                                        
          Application No. 08/467,353                                                  


          been obvious to combine the teachings of the prior art, the                 
          combination does not meet all the elements of the claims.                   
          Kubo’s porous body cannot be a means for altering stresses in               
          the body 7, 15 of Nakata because the dehydrogenation process                
          which causes a size reduction of the porous body would                      
















          have occurred before it was placed in the cavity 11 of                      
          Nakata’s body of solid material 7, 15.                                      


                                      REVERSED                                        






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