Appeal No. 2002-1600
Application 09/350,858
THE INVENTION
The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a
ceramic dispersoid in metal product. Claim 18 is illustrative:
18. A ceramic dispersoid in metal product, comprising:
(a) a matrix metal of aluminum and
(b) a uniform distribution of finely sized metal
carbide particles having an average particle size of less than
about 0.3 microns, said finely sized metal carbide particles
selected from the group consisting of Sc, Hf, Nb, Mo, and V and
said finely sized metal carbide particles formed and dispersed
in-situ in said metal matrix.
THE REFERENCE
Nagle et al. (Nagle) 4,915,908 Apr. 10, 1990
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected as follows: claims 18, 20-23
and 25 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Nagle, and
claim 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by or, in the
alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Nagle.
OPINION
We reverse the rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) and
affirm the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Under the provisions
of 37 CFR § 1.196(b) we enter a new ground of rejection of
claims 18, 20-23 and 25.
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