Appeal No. 2006-2922 Page 4 Application No. 10/012,677 The examiner has made of record the following extrinsic evidence to support the examiner’s contention that sapphire is a single crystal by definition: Wikipedia web page at: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire) Kinoshita et al. (Kinoshita) 6,809,010 Oct. 26, 2004 (filed Feb. 28, 1997) THE REJECTIONS The following rejections are on appeal before us: 1. Claims 16-18 and 20-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Lee in view of Vossen, and further in view of Fujisada, Wolf-1, and Wolf-2. 2. Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of Lee in view of Vossen, and further in view of Fujisada, Wolf-1, Wolf-2, and Suh. Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for the respective details thereof.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007