Appeal No. 96-1515
Application 08/161/859
“outside air” [brief, page 6]. Although we agree with the
examiner that the description of the invention on pages 7-8 of
the disclosure does not clearly describe that the densified
region 43 exists in the absence of protective layer 43' in a
first embodiment, we agree with appellants that the
description of “Embodiment No. 1" on pages 13-15 of the
disclosure clearly demonstrates that the densified layer 43 in
one embodiment is intended to be exposed to whatever
environment is present. Thus, densified layer 43 is exposed
to whatever current conditions exist. We interpret “outside
air” to mean exposed to the environment which is clearly
suggested on page 14 of the disclosure. Therefore, we find
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