Appeal No. 2003-0210
Application 03/237,574
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a uranium article having a specified
protective alloy coating. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A metallic uranium article having a protective coating
of a copper-tin alloy containing from 45 to 50% by weight of
copper and from 55 to 50% by weight of tin, said alloy being
firmly bonded to the metallic uranium.
THE REFERENCES
Corson 2,059,557 Nov. 3, 1936
Eubank 2,847,321 Aug. 12, 1958
(filed Mar. 16, 1945)
Boller et al. (Boller) 2,848,351 Aug. 19, 1958
(filed Sep. 28, 1945)
Robinson 2,849,337 Aug. 26, 1958
(filed Nov. 28, 1945)
Gray 2,928,168 Mar. 15, 1960
(filed Jan. 24, 1945)
Creutz 3,037,924 Jun. 5, 1962
(filed Jul. 30, 1945)
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected as follows: claims 1, 7 and 15
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as being clearly anticipated by
Robinson; claims 1 and 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as being
clearly anticipated by Boller; claims 1, 7 and 8 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(a) as being clearly anticipated by Eubank; claims 1-3, 10,
11 and 13-15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Gray or
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