Appeal No. 2006-2231
Application No. 10/306,120
(c) spraying metal droplets atop the backing surface to
form a metallic adhesion layer,
wherein the metal droplets used to form the adhesion layer are
sprayed in a sufficient amount that the adhesion layer at least
partially encapsulates the flexible conduit whereby the conduit
is fastened to the backing surface by the metallic adhesion
layer.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Widmer 3,853,309 Dec. 10, 1974
Singer et al. (Singer) 5,875,830 Mar. 2, 1999
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a method of
bonding a flexible conduit that is capable of transporting fluid
onto a backing surface. The method entails spraying metal
droplets which adhere the conduit to the backing surface by
encapsulating the conduit. The metal droplets may be zinc or a
zinc alloy.
Appealed claims 1-11 and 21-29 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Singer in view of
Widmer.
Appellants present separate arguments only for claims 9,
10, and 28, as a group. Accordingly, the remaining claims on
appeal stand or fall together.
We have thoroughly reviewed each of appellants' arguments
for patentability. However, we are in complete agreement with
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