Appeal No. 2000-1632
Application No. 09/055,308
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Rumsey 3,049,941 Aug. 21,
1962
Goodrich et al. (Goodrich ‘688) 3,696,688 Oct. 10,
1972
Goodrich et al. (Goodrich ‘923) 3,733,923 May. 22,
1973
The claims on appeal stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claim 8, under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being
indefinite;
(2) Claims 1-3, 9 and 10, under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b), as being
anticipated by Rumsey;
(3) Claim 6, under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as being unpatentable over
Rumsey in view of Goodrich ‘923;
(4) Claim 7, under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as being unpatentable over
Rumsey in view of Goodrich ‘688;
(5) Claims 4, 5, 8 and 11-13, under 35 U.S.C. § 103, as being
unpatentable over Rumsey.
Rejection (1).
In rejecting claim 8 as being indefinite, the examiner has
taken the position that the scope of the term “diamond-like
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