Appeal No. 95-0537
Application No. 08/077,709
rejection of claims 1-9, all of the claims pending in the
application. Claims 1 and 6 are illustrative of the subject
matter on appeal and read as follows:
Claim 1. A superconductive device comprising:
a high temperature superconductive film of at least one
micron square having at least 80% by volume a-axis oriented
and c-axis aligned in one preferential direction on
a substrate having an anisotropic surface cell.
Claim 6. A superconductive device comprising:
a high temperature superconductive film of at least one
micron square including a-axis oriented domains, where the a-
axis domains have a c-axis alignment in one preferential
direction on
a NdGaO substrate.
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The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Gallagher et al. (Gallagher) 4,962,086 Oct. 9, 1990
Beasley et al. (Beasley) 5,047,385 Sep. 10, 1991
(filed Jul. 20, 1988)
C. B. Eom et al. (Eom), “Epitaxial and Smooth Films of a-Axis
Yba Cu O ,” 249 Science 1549 (Sep. 28, 1990).
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The following rejections are at issue in this appeal:
(1) Claims 1-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as containing new matter.
(2) Claims 1-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
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