Appeal No. 2002-0895
Application No. 09/402,552
pressure conditions is well within the ambit of one of ordinary
skill in the art since Mills teaches at page 364 that different
pressures (normal or low pressures) can be used in plasma
spraying to form desired coatings. Woodruff, 919 F.2d at 1578,
16 USPQ2d at 1936-37.
Thus, on this record, we concur with the examiner that the
claimed subject matter as a whole would have been obvious to one
of ordinary skill in the art within the meaning of 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. Accordingly, we affirm the examiner’s decision rejecting
all of the claims on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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