Appeal No. 95-2896 Page 6
Application No. 07/977,771
whether appellant has proven that the invention will work.
Based on the present record, we find ourselves in
agreement with appellant's basic position (brief, pages 19 and
20) that the original disclosure reasonably conveys to the
artisan that appellant had possession of the claimed subject
matter including a solid-state diamond formation method that
included the steps of furnishing a substrate for diamond
growth, forming a metal-carbon alloy on the substrate with
carbon present in a metal matrix therein, and forming a
diamond film on the substrate from the alloy carbon atoms
while the alloy is in a solid phase (specification, page 2,
lines 14-19). Accordingly, we determine that the subject
matter of the appealed claims is adequately described in the
original disclosure. Therefore, the rejection under § 112,
first paragraph, with regard to the alleged lack of
descriptive support for the claims on appeal cannot be
sustained.
The Rejection for Lack of Enablement
According to the examiner, the specification is non-
enabling since the disclosure only suggests "... that
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