Appeal No. 96-1353
Application 07/696,973
to a non-elected invention, and claims 7 and 56 have been
canceled. No claims have been allowed.
The appellants’ invention is directed to a method for
preparing an adherent superconducting oxide coating. The subject
matter before us on appeal is illustrated by reference to claim
1, which reads as follows:
1. A method for preparing an adherent superconducting
oxide coating comprising:
combining metallic elements of a superconducting oxide to
form an alloy;
melting said alloy and maintaining said alloy in a molten
state;
melt writing with said molten alloy such that said molten
alloy is applied through an orifice to a surface of a substrate;
selectively varying process parameters so that the thickness
and width of said molten alloy can be controlled;
moving said orifice and substrate with respect to one
another so as to form a patterned precursor alloy; and
oxidizing said patterned alloy to form said adherent
superconducting oxide.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
MacKay 4,754,900 Jul. 5, 1988
Jasper, Jr. (Jasper) 4,820,688 Apr. 11, 1989
Ashok et al. (Ashok) 4,960,752 Oct. 2, 1990
(filed Feb. 27, 1989)
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