Ex parte HATWAR et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 95-4066                                                          
          Application 07/963,189                                                      


               a reflecting layer coupled to said protective                          
               overcoat;                                                              
               a recording layer coupled to said                                      
               layer; and                                                             
               a plastic substrate                                                    
               coupled to said recording layer, wherein said reflecting               
               layer is a silver-copper alloy, wherein said copper                    
               content of said silver copper alloy is in the range of 1-              
               30 at.%.                                                               





                                    THE PRIOR ART                                     
               In addition to what the examiner has characterized as                  
          "appellants' admissions", the references of record which are                
          being relied on by the examiner as evidence of obviousness                  
          are:                                                                        

          Takahashi et al. (Takahashi)            4,717,628           Jan.            
          5, 1988                                                                     
          Shindo et al. (Shindo)                  5,032,470           Jul.            
          16, 1991                                                                    
          Tomie et al. (Tomie)               03-25737       Feb.  4, 1991             
          (Japanese Kokai)                                                            
          Kobayashi et al. (Kobayashi)            01-204243      Aug. 16,             
          1989                                                                        
          (Japanese Kokai)                                                            
          Hasegawa et al. (Hasegawa)         04-102241           Apr.   3,            

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