Ex parte JOSEPH R. LAIA JR., et al. - Page 1




                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                
                         The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                                                 
                         today (1) was not written for publication in a law                                                                   
                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                               
                                                                                                        Paper No. 20                          

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                  Ex parte JOSEPH R. LAIA JR., DAVID W. CARROLL, MITCHELL TRKULA,                                                             
                                     WALLACE E. ANDERSON and STEVEN M. VALONE                                                                 
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                                                        Appeal No. 94-3447                                                                    
                                                    Application 07/864,7251                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and WEIFFENBACH, Administrative                                                                  
                Patent Judges.                                                                                                                
                KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-18.                                                           
                Claims 19 and 20, the other claims remaining in the present                                                                   
                application, stand withdrawn from consideration.  Claims 1, 2, 3                                                              
                and 11 are illustrative:                                                                                                      
                         1.  A process for coating a substrate with diamond                                                                   
                comprising:                                                                                                                   


                         1Application for patent filed April 7, 1992.                                                                         
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