Appeal No. 2002-1555 Page 3
Application No. 09/511,572
We refer to the briefs and reply brief and to the answer for
a complete exposition of the opposing viewpoints expressed by
appellant and the examiner concerning the issues before us on
this appeal.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the entire record, including all
of the arguments and evidence advanced by both the examiner and
the appellant in support of their respective positions. This
review leads us to conclude that the examiner’s rejections are
not well founded. Accordingly, we reverse all of the
aforementioned rejections. The reasons for our determination
follow.
Anthony discloses a synthetic diamond deposition apparatus
including two substantially parallel substrates (1, Fig. 2) on
opposite sides of an array of filaments (2, Fig. 2). Anthony
discloses that the spaced apart substrates permit gas flow
therebetween. See column 2, lines 36-38 of Anthony. Anthony
notes that the arrangement of the substrates and filaments allows
for diffusion of gases passed into the reaction chamber between
the substrates and gas contact with the filaments to promote
nucleation and growth of synthetic diamond particles. See
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