Appeal No. 96-3293
Application No. 08/261,645
providing a continuous flow of said molten material to said
apex, said material being deposited on said substrate by
gravity;
tip supporting means for maintaining the tip apex
above said surface of the substrate at a predetermined
distance therefrom;
supply means for feeding said tip means with a film
of said material in the molten state;
heating means for maintaining said film above the
melting temperature of said material; and
controlled drive means for producing a relative
movement between said substrate and said tip means.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Krug 3,628,982 Dec. 21, 1971
Garrison 3,711,211 Jan. 16, 1973
Christensen 3,821,513 June 28, 1974
Leibovich et al. (Leibovich) 4,723,086 Feb. 02, 1988
Blette et al. (Blette) 5,186,982 Feb. 16, 1993
Claims 1-5, 7, 8, 10-22, 25-27 and 37 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 . As evidence of obviousness the2
2Although claim 22 is listed by appellants as forming
part of this appeal, none of the rejections set forth in the
answer lists claim 22 as part of the rejection. In fact,
claim 22 has not been rejected or indicated as being allowable
since the first action on the merits using the presently
applied references [rejection mailed May 30, 1995]. Since
appellants do not separately argue the patentability of claim
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