Paper No. 17
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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MATTHEW A. SIMPSON
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Appeal No. 96-2535
Application 08/028,4731
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, PATE, CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.
PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1
through 20. These are the only claims in the application.
The claimed invention is directed to a mechanical seal
with a wear layer composed of a polycrystalline diamond film
coating. The diamond coating has two layers with the top
Application for patent filed March 9, 1993.1
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