Appeal No. 2006-0263
Application No. 10/379,264
a coating of polytetrafluoroethylene on the coating
of a carbon-containing material;
wherein there is no interlayer between the coating
consisting of the carbon-containing material and the cutting
edge.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Goel et al. 5,795,648 Aug. 18, 1998
(Goel)
Wang 6,331,332 Dec. 18, 2001
Clipstone et al. 6,684,513 Feb. 3, 2004
(Clipstone) (filed Feb. 29, 2000)
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a razor blade
comprising a coating consisting of a carbon-containing material,
e.g., a diamond-like carbon, and chromium as a dopant. The
appealed claims set forth that there is no interlayer between the
coating and the cutting edge of the razor blade.
Appealed claims 2, 4, 5, 11, 13, 22 and 23 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Goel in view
of Wang. Claims 6, 9, 10 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over the stated combination of
references further in view of Clipstone.
Appellants have not set forth an argument that is reasonably
specific to any particular claim on appeal. Accordingly, all the
appealed claims stand or fall together with claim 2. Also, we
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