Appeal No. 2004-2111
Application No. 09/535,550
matter are set forth in representative independent claim 28 which
reads as follows:
28. A component of equipment for use in molten melts which
include magnesium, the component formed from an alloy comprising
iron, chromium, molybdenum, vanadium, niobium, cobalt, and
tungsten, and at least one of boron and carbon, the alloy being
substantially free of sulfur and phosphorus.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the
examiner in the section 102 and section 103 rejections before us:
Fujikawa et al. (JP ‘740) JP 63-2747401 Nov. 11, 1988
Nishimura et al. (JP ‘673) JP 08-3256731 Oct. 12, 1996
Goto et al. (JP ‘051) JP 09-0490511 Feb. 18, 1997
Shimizu et al. (JP ‘410) JP 11-2934101 Oct. 26, 1999
Claim 28 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
unpatentable over JP ‘051, JP ‘673, JP ‘740 or JP ‘410.
Under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a): claims 2, 4-27, 29 and 34 stand
rejected as being unpatentable over JP ‘051; claims 2, 4-7, 10-
16, 18, 20-26, 29 and 34 stand rejected as being unpatentable
over JP ‘673; claims 2-4, 6-13, 16-26, 29 and 34 stand rejected
as being unpatentable over JP ‘740; and claims 2-9, 14-18, 20,
22, 23, 26, 29 and 34 stand rejected as being unpatentable over
JP ‘410.
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1 Our understanding of these references is derived from the
abstracts and translations thereof which are in the record of
this application file.
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