Appeal No. 1998-1571
Application No. 08/022,199
It is the Examiner position that the formation
of grooves in the substrate are not necessary for
the invention to produce the desired results. In
support of the Examiner position, the specification
(pg. 16, lines 26-29), discloses that groove
formation by the laser is not necessary for the
invention to work, but merely to have the catalyst
deactivated.
It is not immediately apparent to us what point the
examiner is attempting to make with these comments.
Regardless, we consider it appropriate to respond to these
comments by clarifying that the appealed claims expressly
require the formation of groove portions and that these groove
portions are disclosed in the appellants’ specification as
serving a desirable purpose (e.g., see the last full paragraph
on specification page 7).
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
Bradley R. Garris )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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Paul Lieberman ) BOARD OF
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