Appeal No. 2003-0292 Page 2
Application No. 09/584,032
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method of depositing an anti-corrosion
material onto a surface subject to corrosion, wherein the deposition of the coating is
performed during a shot peening process (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Louis 2,788,297 Apr. 9, 1957
Babecki et al. 3,754,976 Aug. 28, 1973
(Babecki)
Lienert 4,604,881 Aug. 12, 1986
Claims 1, 3 to 8, 10 and 15 to 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Louis in view of Babecki.
Claims 2, 9 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Louis in view of Babecki and Lienert.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
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