Ex parte BRUN et al. - Page 6






          the nitride of aluminum, zirconium or hafnium, in lieu of                   
          boron nitride, on the fibers of the fiber reinforced composite              
          described in Borom or Singh.  As the court in Uniroyal, Inc.                
          v. Rudkin-Wiley Corp., 837 F.2d 1044, 1051,                                 
          5 USPQ2d 1434, 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1988) stated, "it is                         
          impermissible to use the claims as a frame and the prior art                
          references as a mosaic to piece together a facsimile of the                 
          claimed invention."                                                         
               In view of the foregoing, we reverse the examiner’s                    
          decision rejecting claims 10 through 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.              






















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