Appeal No. 1999-1925
Application No. 08/649,887
Appellants further contend (Brief, page 9) that Mathews
fails to disclose or suggest a convection stability value less
than 750 mg /cm . Appellants assert that Mathews merely2 3
discloses a value less than 1400 mg /cm . However, Table 1 of2 3
Mathews shows one embodiment of the invention in which Gr/c
(i.e., the convection stability) is equal to 780 mg /cm , which2 3
is close to
though still above 750 mg /cm . Nonetheless, Mathews discloses2 3
(column 8, lines 9-12) that the total fill density may range
between 52 and 72 mg/cm to satisfy both the operating voltage3
and convective stability constraints simultaneously. Further,
2 3 2
Gr/c = B x R x (total density) . Filling in the lower limit
of 52 for the total density and a value of 3 mm for R (from
Table 2), the
lower limit for Gr/c where the two constraints are satisfied is
2 3 2 3
720 mg /cm , which is less than 750 mg /cm . In other words,
Mathews discloses a range for the convection stability which
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