Appeal No. 96-0021
Application No. 08/105,820
Secondly, the examiner’s combination of Ghandehari ‘499
and Ghandehari ‘574 (whether applied together or by
“incorporation-by-reference”) has no proper basis. It is not
disputed that Ghandehari ‘574 discloses the conventional “mix-
align-compress-sinter” steps in preparing a permanent magnet
comprising NdFeB with at least one rare earth oxide (column 2,
lines 5-19; column 2, line 63-column 3, line 2; column 3,
lines 39-57; and column 4, lines 33-34). Ghandehari ‘499
discloses a permanent magnet composition comprising NdFeB with
at least one particulate additive metal including, inter alia,
gallium and rare earth metals such as dysprosium and terbium
(column 2, line 60-column 3, line 17; column 3, line 61-column
4, line 5; and column 4, lines 41-53). However, Ghandehari
‘499 teaches that it is “critical” to the invention that the
heating temperature of the mixture of the alloy and additive
metal be at least 150EC. less than the sintering temperature
(column 5, lines 9-23). One of the objects of Ghandehari ‘499
is to produce an “unsintered permanent magnet” (column 3,
lines 12-14).
“When relying on numerous references or a modification of
prior art, it is incumbent upon the examiner to identify some
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