Appeal No. 1998-2257
Application 08/692,310
electride or alkalide reducing agent. Claim 32 is
illustrative:
32. An alloy of two or more metals as particles produced
by reducing two or more metal salts with a reducing agent
selected from the group consisting of an electride and an
alkalide alone in absence of an oxidizing atmosphere wherein
the alloys are selected from the group consisting of AuZn,
AuCu and ZnCu and the alloy is shown by an X-ray photoelectron
spectrum and by a scanning electron microscope as shown in
Figures 36 to 42.
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1 McCormick is not prior art.
2
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