Ex parte ITOZAKI et al. - Page 3




                     Appeal No. 95-3312                                                                                                                                                
                     Application 08/167,437                                                                                                                                            


                     Ray                          4,892,861            Jan. 9, 1990                                                                                                    
                     Henty                        4,931,424            Jun. 5, 1990                                                                                                    




                     Toshiyuki Aida et al., “Preparation of YBa Cu O                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                               2     3 7-x                                                             
                     Superconducting Thin Films by RF-Magnetron Sputtering”, 26                                                                                                        
                     Japanese J. Appl. Phys. L1489-91 (Sept. 1987) (Aida).                                                                                                             
                     S.Y. Lee et al., “Microprobe Characterization of Sputtered                                                                                                        
                     High T  Superconducting Films on Si and SiTiO ”, Am. Vacuumc                                                                                2                                                                 
                     Soc’y 34  Nat’l Symp. (Anaheim, Cal., Nov. 2-6, 1987), in Am.th                                                                                                                                               
                     Inst. Phys. Conf. Proc. No. 165, 427-34 (James M.E. Harper et                                                                                                     
                     al. eds., New York 1988) (Lee).                                    3                                                                                              
                     M. Gurvitch and A.T. Fiory, “Preparation and substrate                                                                                                            
                     reactions of superconducting Y-Ba-Cu-O films”, 51 Appl. Phys.                                                                                                     
                     Lett. 1027-29 (Sept. 1987) (Gurvitch).                                                                                                                            
                     P.A. Morris et al., “Growth of high T  superconducting                                                                                                            
                                                                                                     c                                                                                 
                     Bi (Ca,Sr) Cu O  crystals”, 53 Appl. Phys. Lett. 249-51 (July                                                                                                     
                         4                6    4 16+x                                                                                                                                  
                     1988) (Morris).                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                            THE REJECTIONS                                                                                             
                                Claims 10, 11 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103                                                                                              
                     as being unpatentable over Henty in view of Lee and Aida.                                                                                                         
                     Claims 6-9, 12 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                                                                                                     
                     being unpatentable over these references, and further in view                                                                                                     



                                3Our consideration of Lee is based on the entire                                                                                                       
                     article, a copy of which is provided to appellants with this                                                                                                      
                     decision.                                                                                                                                                         
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