Appeal No. 96-0107
Application 08/026,797
The following rejections are at issue in this appeal:2
(1) Claims 1-9 and 11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Aebi et al.
(2) Claim 10 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Aebi et al. in view of Warde et al.
(3) Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite.
The claimed invention
The claimed invention is directed to a microchannel plate
comprising a layer of dielectric material on or adjacent to the
ground plane of the microchannel plate. The layer of dielectric
material is provided with openings which "align with, without
covering holes in the microchannel plate" (claim 1). See also
claim 5 (a layer of electrically insulating material has openings
which "align with but do not cover holes in said microchannel
plate"); claim 12 (openings are formed in a layer of dielectric
material which "align with but do not cover holes in the
microchannel plate"). According to appellant, this layer of
dielectric material on or adjacent to the ground plane of the
2 Claims 12-20 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101 in the final Office
action dated October 28, 1994. This rejection has been withdrawn by the examiner
(Answer, p.2).
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