Appeal No. 96-2535
Application 08/028,473
Claims 14 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, for failing to particularly point out and
distinctly claim the subject matter applicant regards as the
invention. Claim 14 calls for a coating of polycrystalline
diamond that has reduced resistance to wear in its exterior
surface region. The specific wording of the claim would have
raised in the mind of one of ordinary skill what the reduced
resistance to wear of the coating is measured relative to.
The claim gives no indication, inasmuch as no underlying layer
or other structure of differing morphology is recited. Under
these circumstances it is impossible to determine the metes
and bounds of claim 14 and claim 20 dependent thereon.
Accordingly, a rejection under
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, is proper.
SUMMARY
The rejection of claims 1, 13, and 19 under 35 U.S.C. §
112, first paragraph, has been reversed.
The rejection of claims 1 through 13 and 19 under 35
U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, has been reversed.
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