Ex Parte KIRKWOOD et al - Page 3



            Appeal No. 2002-0405                                                                              
            Application No. 07/325,269                                                                        

                   19.   A solid superconducting mixed-metal oxide                                            
                   obtainable by the method of Claims 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17                               
                   or 18.3                                                                                    
                22.   A solid superconducting mixed metal oxide of the                                        
                   formulae A2GCu3O7-x or [Y1-yBay]2 CuO4-d wherein:                                          
                         A    is a Group II metal;                                                            
                         G    is a Group III metal or a lanthanide;                                           
                         x    is from about 2 to 3;                                                           
                         y    is 0 or 1; and                                                                  
                         d    is 0-4.                                                                         
                   The prior art relied upon by the examiner is:                                              
            Hor et al. (Hor), “High-Pressure Study of the New Y-Ba-Cu-O                                       
            Superconducting Compound System,” Phys. Rev. Letters, 58(9),                                      
            pp. 911-912 (2 March 1987).                                                                       
                   In addition, this Merits Panel relies on the following                                     
            references:                                                                                       
            Wu et al. (Wu), “Superconductivity at 93 K in a New Mixed-Phase                                   
            Y-Ba-Cu-O Compound System at Ambient Pressure,” Phys. Rev.                                        
            Letters, 58(9), pp. 908-910 (2 March 1987).4                                                      




                   3Claims 5-9 and 15-18 depend from claim 1, see, supra, note 2.                             
            For clarity, we indicate the respective claims from which claim 19                                
            depends following the “/”.                                                                        
                   4This document describes the compounds examined in Hor.  See Hor,                          
            p. 911, col. 2.                                                                                   
                                                      3                                                       




Page:  Previous  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007