Ex Parte KLEE et al - Page 1



                      The opinion in support of the decision being                    
                      entered today was not written for publication                   
                      and is not binding precedent of the Board                       
                                                          Paper No. 15                
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte MAREIKE K. KLEE,                               
                         HANS-WOLFGANG BRAND and POUL LARSEN                          
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                                Appeal No. 1998-1178                                  
                             Application No. 08/408,753                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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            Before GARRIS, JEFFREY SMITH and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative              
            Patent Judges.                                                            
            PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.                                 
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                 This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final               
            rejection of claims 1-12 and 16-20.  Claims 13-15 are                     
            directed to non-elected claims.                                           
                 Claims 1 and 10 are illustrative of the subject matter               
            on appeal, and are reproduced below:                                      
                 1.  A perovskite-containing composite material                       
            comprising a substrate, an intermediate layer of a first                  
            titanium-containing perovskite and a covering layer of a                  
            second perovskite, characterized in that both the first and               
            the second perovskites are quaternary or more complex                     
            perovskites.                                                              






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