Appeal No. 2002-0544
Application No. 09/095,157
the requisite findings are made, based on evidence of record, but
must also explain the reasoning by which the findings are deemed
to support the agency’s conclusion.” In re Lee, 277 F.3d 1338,
1344, 61 USPQ2d 1430, 1434 (Fed. Cir. 2002).
Turning to Fujii, as conceded by Appellants, we find that
the reference discloses a joined ceramic structure including a
brazing material made of a metal selected from the group
consisting of copper, aluminum and nickel (page 4, lines 15-17).
Fujii further teaches that the metallic member embedded in the
ceramic member is made of a metal selected from the group
consisting of molybdenum, tungsten or their alloy (page 4, lines
23-25). However, the Examiner has not pointed to any part of
Fujii that identifies any problems associated with using
molybdenum that would suggest the desirability modification of
the composition of the disclosed brazing material, nor do we find
such teachings in the reference. Fujii, in fact, as recognized
by the Examiner (answer, page 6), refers to the disclosed brazing
material as having “sufficient joining strength in a satisfactory
corrosion-resistant state” (page 9, lines 20-21).
Although we acknowledge that Hawley identifies gold as a
metal that does not corrode in air and is used as electrical
contact alloys and brazing alloys, we do not find any teachings
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