Appeal No. 97-0514
Application 08/345,114
The claims on appeal are drawn to a system and
method for evaluating defects, and a system for measuring an
unknown parameter of a material. A copy of the claims is
contained in Appendix A of appellant's brief.
The references applied by the examiner in the final
rejection are:
Seddick 3,992,663 Nov. 16, 1976
Fichtenbaum 4,186,338 Jan. 29, 1980
Murphy et al. (Murphy) 5,087,873 Feb. 11, 1992
The appealed claims stand finally rejected on the
following grounds:
(1) Claims 1 to 27, unpatentable for failure to comply with
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph;
(2) Claims 1, 3, 6 to 12, 15, 17, 18 and 22 to 27, anticipated
by Murphy or Fichtenbaum, under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b);
(3) Claims 1, 3, 6 to 12, 15, 17, 18 and 22 to 27, unpatent-
able over either of Seddick or Fichtenbaum in view of Murphy,
under 35 U.S.C. § 103.2
2In the final rejection (Paper No. 4), claims 2, 4, 5,
13, 14, 16 and 19 to 21 were also rejected on grounds (2) and
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