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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte JOHN L. WHITE ________________ Appeal No. 94-3737 Application 07/796,9321 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, WEIFFENBACH and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-20, all the claims in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. In a process for the production of synthetic diamonds wherein silicon carbide as the sole non-diamondaceous source of carbon is heated at superatmospheric pressure while in the diamond-stable region of the pressure-temperature diamond- graphite phase diagram for carbon under conditions which Application for patent filed November 25, 1991.1 According to appellant, this application is a continuation-in- part of Application 07/611,792, filed November 13, 1990, now abandoned. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007