Appeal 2007-0735
Application 10/821,023
a filter material comprising at least one nickel foil layer and at least
one titanium foil layer for bonding said stainless steel part to said titanium
part.
The Examiner relies upon the following references as evidence of
obviousness:
Cusano US 3,994,430 Nov. 30, 1976
Chang US 6,722,002 B1 Apr. 20, 2004
Appellants’ claimed invention is directed to an assembly of
components comprising stainless steel and titanium parts bonded together.
A filler material is used for the bonding and comprises at least one nickel
foil layer and at least one titanium foil layer. The assembly can be used in
living tissue.
Appealed claims 1-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Chang. Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Chang in view of Cusano.1
Appellants have not presented separate arguments for any particular
claim against the § 103 rejection of claims 1-12. Accordingly, claims 1-12
stand or fall together.
We have thoroughly reviewed each of Appellants’ arguments for
patentability. However, we are in complete agreement with the Examiner
that the claimed subject matter would have been obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art within the meaning of § 103 in view of the applied prior art.
1 The Examiner has withdrawn the rejections based on the admitted prior art.
2
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