Appeal No. 96-1231
Application 08/165,143
application.
THE INVENTION
Appellants claim an article which includes a
quantity of material which exhibits superconductivity. The
material has a recited general formula which requires that
carbon and boron be present within a specified C:B ratio
range. Claim 1 is illustrative and reads as
follows:
1. An article comprising a quantity of material that
exhibits superconductivity,
CHARACTERIZED IN THAT
the material is an intermetallic material of general
formula M M' B C , where 0.5 # y # 1.5,2 # z # 6,1 # x' # 4,
y z x' x
and x:x' is in the range 0.05-2, with M selected from the
group consisting of Y, the lanthanides, and combinations
thereof, and M' selected from the group consisting of Ni, Pd,
and Ni and Pd.
THE REFERENCES
Cava (Cava ‘755) 5,413,755 May 9, 1995
Cava et al. (Cava ‘530) 5,470,530 Nov. 28, 1995
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 3 and 4 stand provisionally rejected under the
judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double
patenting over claims 1-5 of co-pending Application
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