Appeal No. 97-0169
Application No. 08/194,369
measuring the coating thickness of the test sample using the selected calibration
curve.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Parobek 4,959,848 Sep. 25, 1990
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Parobek.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the Examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Examiner's
answer (Paper No. 14, mailed July 19, 1996) for the Examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the appellant's brief (Paper No. 13, filed May 7, 1996) for
the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art reference, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the Examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we make the determinations which follow.
Appellant argues that
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