Ex parte MATSUURA et al. - Page 1




                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      

           The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written
           for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
                                                                 Paper No. 32         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                      Ex parte TAKASHI MATSUURA, KENJIRO HIGAKI                       
                                   and HIDEO ITZAKI                                   
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-2628                                 
                              Application No. 08/383,713                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before KIMLIN, WALTZ, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal               
          to allow claims 6-9, 11 and 12, which are all of the claims                 
          remaining in this application.                                              
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellants' invention relates to a method for                          
          manufacturing a substrate for a superconducting microwave                   
          component.  First and second thin films of Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O                    






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