Appeal No. 2006-0415
Application No. 10/267,200
1 One mil is 2.54 x 10-5 meters. One micron is 1 x 10-6
2 meters. (See, e.g. Mark’s Standard handbook for Mechanical
3 Engineers, Tenth Edition, page 1-22)(Exhibit E). 0.5 mil is 1.77
4 x 10 –5 meters, or 17 microns. 2 mil is 5.08 x 10 –5 meters, or
5 50 microns. Both 17 and 50 microns appear to fall between 10 and
6 100 microns. Appellant’s statement that he is “puzzled” why this
7 rejection was applied is meritless.
8 This rejection is therefore AFFIRMED as it relates to claim
9 44.
10 Claim 47 was not been separately argued in any meaningful
11 way, accordingly it falls with claim 44. This rejection is
12 therefore AFFIRMED as it relates to claim 47.
13 Summary of Decision
14 The rejection of claims 27-33, 35-41, 43, 45-46, and 48-54
15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over De Keyser in
16 view of at least one of Marten, Tesch, and Waddill is SUSTAINED.
17 The rejection of claim 34 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
18 unpatentable over De Keyser in view of at least one of Marten,
19 Tesch, and Waddill, further in view of Dubois is SUSTAINED.
20 The rejection of claims 42, 44, and 47 under 35 U.S.C.
21 § 103(a) as being unpatentable over De Keyser in view of at least
22 one of Marten, Tesch, and Waddill, further in view of Davis is
23 SUSTAINED.
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