Appeal No. 2005-1099
Application No. 09/334,974
oxygen and nitrogen, and wherein said refractory metal
alloy compound is selected from nitrides, oxides and
reaction products of refractory metal alloy, oxygen
and nitrogen.
65. The process of claim 1 wherein the step of
drying said article surface occurs between 2 minutes
and 5 minutes.
66. The process of claim 1 wherein the step of
subjecting said article surface to pulses of air
atomizes water droplets on said articles surface.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Moysan, III et al. (Moysan) 5,413,874 May 09, 1995
Pudem 5,558,759 Sep. 24, 1996
Welty et al. (Welty) 5,922,478 Jul. 13, 1999
Eichholzer, Ernst 0 486 711 A1 Nov. 19, 1990
(European Patent Application)
Claims 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 21-23, 26-28 and 65-67 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Moysan in
view Eichholzer.
Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 7-9, 21-24, 26-36, and 65-67 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Welty in
view of Eichholzer.
Claims 10-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
obvious over Welty in view of Eichholzer.
Appellants group the claims according to the groupings made
on page 3 of the brief. To the extent that any one claim is
specifically argued regarding patentability, we consider such
claim in this appeal. See 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)(2003); and 37
CFR § 41.37(c)(1)(vii)(effective September 13, 2004; 69 Fed.
Reg. 49960 (August 12, 2004); 1286 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 21
3
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007