Appeal No. 96-2682 Application 08/145,269 said lead comprised of an alloy comprised of about 10 to 90 percent by weight tungsten and about 10 to 90 percent by weight molybdenum. The reference relied on by the Examiner is as follows: Driessen et al. (Driessen) 4,160,930 July 10, 1979 Claims 1 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Driessen. Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the Examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answers for 2 3 the details thereof. OPINION 2Appellants filed an appeal brief on July 28, 1995. We will reference this appeal brief as simply the brief. Appellants filed a reply appeal brief on October 11, 1995. We will reference this appeal reply brief as simply the reply brief. We note that the Examiner has responded to the reply brief with a supplemental answer and the reply brief has been entered into the record. 3The Examiner responded to the brief with an Examiner's answer dated September 7, 1995. We will refer to the Examiner's answer as simply the answer. The Examiner responded to the reply brief with a supplemental Examiner's answer dated January 23, 1996. We will refer to the Supplemental Examiner's answer as simply the supplemental answer. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007