Appeal No. 95-2896 Page 3
Application No. 07/977,771
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method for the
solid-state formation of diamond on a substrate. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 1, which has been reproduced below.
1. A method for solid-state formation of diamond,
comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a diamond growth substrate:
(b) forming a metal-carbon alloy on said diamond growth
substrate which permits carbon to exist in a metal matrix
therein; and
(c) causing carbon atoms from said alloy to form diamond
on said diamond growth substrate while said alloy is in a
solid phase.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Prins 4,997,636 Mar. 05,
1991
Narayan 5,221,411 Jun. 22,
1993
The following references are relied upon by appellant:
Van Vlack, Elements of Material Science: An Introductory Text
for Engineering Students, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company,
second edition, pages 100-106, (furnished copy undated);
Ramesham et al. (Ramesham), “Selective Growth of Boron-Doped
Polycrystalline Diamond Thin Films,” Proceedings of the Second
International Conference: New Diamond Science and Technology,
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