Appeal No. 94-3990
Application No. 08/038,033
Appellant's claimed invention is directed to a method of
repairing, or touching up, a conversion coating comprising
chromic acid and cyanide using an applicator, such as "a
well-known conventional 'felt tip' type marking pen" (page 2
of specification), to dispense additional conversion coat
solution to a damaged, or scratched, initial conversion
coating. According to appellant, "[t]he present method
minimizes waste and worker exposure to toxic chemicals in the
chromate conversion solution" (page 1 of Brief).
Appellant submits at page 2 of the Brief that "[t]he
rejected claims stand or fall together." Accordingly,
regarding the examiner's rejection of claims 16-20 under
35 U.S.C. § 103, all the appealed claims stand or fall
together with claim 16.
Appealed claims 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, for being based upon a specification
that does not provide original, descriptive support for the
claimed subject matter. Claim 19 stands rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph. In addition, appealed
claims 16-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
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