Appeal No. 1998-0411 Page 3
Application No. 08/050,078
successively supplying melts corresponding to said layers
into the intervals between and into effective contact with the
surfaces of adjacent crystalline substrates from said fresh
melt reservoirs; and
successively discharging excess of the melts from said
intervals into said used melt reservoir.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Unno et al. (Unno) 3,765,959 Oct. 16,
1973
Murakami JP Kokai No. 61-135116 June 23, 19861
Claims 4-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Unno in view of Murakami.
OPINION
Upon careful consideration of appellants’ specification
and the claims on appeal, the evidence of obviousness relied
upon by the examiner, and the opposing arguments presented by
appellants and the examiner, we find that the aforementioned §
1All references to Murakami in this decision are to the
English language translation prepared by Schreiber
Translations, Inc., of record. We note that our reference to
the Schreiber translation in this decision rather than the
other translation of record submitted by appellants
(attachment to reply brief) has no bearing on the outcome of
this appeal.
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