Appeal No. 95-3462
Application No. 08/083,206
In the event of further prosecution of the present claims
by appellants (as in a continuation application), we suggest
that the examiner revisit the Reedy and Schintlmeister
references cited on page 2 of appellants’ specification since
they apparently teach the CVD reaction of a metal halide with
an amine to form a metal carbonitride film. The present
claims fail to distinguish over such prior art processes
since, as previously noted, the claims do not preclude
formation of a carbon-containing metal nitride; nor is it
clear that appellants’ metal nitrides in fact differ from the
carbonitride products of the prior art.
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