Appeal No. 96-3293
Application No. 08/261,645
27 and 37, which constitute all the claims remaining in the
application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on
January 18, 1996 but was denied entry by the examiner.
Additional amendments after appeal were filed on July 19,
1996, August 22, 1996 and September 27, 1996. These
amendments were all entered by the examiner.
The disclosed invention pertains to an apparatus for
directly writing a pattern of a molten material onto the
surface of a substrate. More particularly, the apparatus
includes a tip means provided with an apex which is dipped
into the molten material. The molten material nucleates about
the tip means and flows to the apex of the tip means through
the force of gravity. The tip means is then moved relative to
the substrate to write a desired pattern onto the substrate.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. An apparatus for direct writing a pattern of a
material to be deposited onto the surface of a substrate
comprising:
substrate support means for supporting the
substrate;
tip means of a refractory metal provided with an
apex for depositing material in its molted [sic] state on the
surface of the substrate, wherein said molten material wets an
outside surface of said tip means and nucleates, thereby
2
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