Ex parte AOUDE et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1998-1374                                                        
          Application No. 08/466,562                                                  

               or on glass-ceramic substrates, said paste comprising, by              
               volume percent of organic solids:                                      
                                                                                     
               90 volume percent copper                                               
               particles, 5-12 volume percent glass-ceramic particles,                
               0.3-1.5 volume percent copper aluminate particles, and                 
               organic materials.                                                     







                                   THE REFERENCES                                     
               The reference of record which is being relied on as                    
          evidence of obviousness is:                                                 
          Nakatani et al. (Nakatani)    4,906,405           March 6, 1990             
                                   THE REJECTIONS                                     
               Claims 3 stands rejected as failing to comply with 35                  
          U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph. Claims 1 through 10 and 21                  
          through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                    
          unpatentable from Nakatani.                                                 
                                       OPINION                                        
               On page 2 of their main brief, appellants discuss their                
          earlier filed application Serial Number 07/758,991, filed on                
          September 10, 1991. This application is a division of said                  

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