Appeal No. 96-1530
Application No. 07/767,488
of the wire. See claim 8 in conjunction with page 7.
According to page 7, lines 2-4, of the specification, such an
orientation is desirable because “electrons flows more easily
in the direction of the C face than in the oxide powder to,
for example, in the direction of the C axis which is normal to
the C face.”
The examiner’s rejection is predicated on the ground that
the claimed orientation will inherently follow upon
substituting the plate-like particles described in Takekawa
for the superconducting powder used in the process of Jin.
See Answer, page 3. As acknowledged by the examiner, however,
the Jin reference does not recognize the importance of
obtaining the claimed orientation, nor does it recognize the
importance of placing the plate-like particles in a tube prior
to drawing the tube to obtain the claimed orientation. See
the Jin reference in its entirety. Although the Takekawa
reference teaches plate-like crystal particles having lower
electrical resistivity than a rectangular crystal, thus
possibly implying superconducting properties (L853, Figure 4),
it does acknowledge (L851) that:
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