Legal Opinion
In re Skoner
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 12, 1975No. Patent Appeal No. 75-551PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDWIN, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 1-5 in application serial No. 144,567, filed May 17, 1971, for a “Method of Coating Ferrous Substrates With Zinc Vapor.”1 *We affirm.
The Invention
Appellants’ invention relates to a method for providing adherent vapor-deposited zinc coatings on ferrous substrates in a vacuum. Appellants have found that good adhesion of zinc to a ferrous substrate, particularly in a high speed, continuous coating process, can be obtained by wire brushing the substrate surface to…
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