Ex parte NODA et al. - Page 6




          Appeal No. 1996-2758                                                        
          Application No. 08/103,792                                                  


          (emphasis added).”  See column 1, lines 51-53.  According to                
          Horiba (column 2, lines 34-68):                                             
               Examples of the anions useful for the present                          
               invention include BF -, AlC1 -, A F , PF -, SCN-, SbF --                                    
                                   4       4   s 6    6           6                  
               , NbF -, and TaF -.  Examples of the cations used in6        6                                                       
               combination therewith include alkali metal ions such                   
               as Li+, Na+ and K+, ammonium ions such as                              
               (CH ) N+,(C H ) N+,(C H )                                              
                 3  4   2  54     37 4                                                
               N+, (CH ) (C H )N+,(C H ) (C H )N+,(C H ) N+,(CH ) -                   
                      33  4 9     2 53  6 13     5114      2 5                        
               N+(CH ) , (i-C H ) N+,(n-C H ) N+,(n-C H ) N+,(n-51117 4                              
                    32      5 114       6 13 4     8                                   
               C H ) N+(CH -C H ),(CH ) (C H ).(C H )N+, etc.,                        
                49 3    2   65    3 2 2 5    6 5                                      
               phosphonium ions such as (C H ) -P+,(CH ).(C H )                       
                                          6 54       3   6 5 3                        
               P+,(CH )                                                               
                     32                                                               
               .(C H ) P+,(CH ) (C H )P+,(C H ).(C H ) P+,(C H ) .(C H ) P+,          
                 6  52      33 6 5      2 5    653     2 52  6 5 2                    
               HP+(C H ) ,(C H ).(C H ) P+,(CH =CHCH ).(C H ) P+,(CH ) =P+(           
                    65 3   37    65 3      2    2    6 53     2 3                     
               C H .C H ) ,(CH )  P+ =(C H C H C H )  wherein n is 6, 1037n                                                        
                64  6 52    2        6 4.6 4.6 52                                     
               or 12, and (CH .C H ) P+(C H )  wherein m+n is 4, n is                 
                             3 6 5m    6 5 n                                          
               1, 2 or 3, and arsonium ions such as (CH ).(C H ) As+,                 
                                                       3    65 3                      
               (C H ).(C H ) As+,(CH .C H )As+(C H ) (C H ) As+,(CH ) .               
                 25    65  3      3  65      6 5 3 6 5 4      3 2                     
               (CH.C H ). (C H ) As+,(C H .C H ).(C H ) As+, and255                                                                  
                    6      65 3      65  6 4   6 53                                   
               (C H .CH ).(C H ) As+.  Any organic solvent can be used                
                 65   2    65 3                                                       
               for dissolving at least one kind of the anions and                     
               cations above provided that it is inert for the                        
               electrodes and other materials, provided that                          
               electrolytic substance can be dissolved therein and                    
               an increased electric conductivity can be imparted                     
               thereto, and provided that it is not decomposed by                     
               the charging and discharing.  Examples of organic                      
               solvents include acetonitrile, propylene carbonate,                    
               tetrahydro-furan, (-butyrolactone, 1,2-                                
               dimethoxyethane, dioxane, dichloroethane, 1,2-                         
               dichloroethane, N,N,-dimethyl-formamide, dimethyl                      
               sulfoxide, dimethyl sulfite, ethylene carbonate,                       
               1,3-dioxolane, nitromethane, formamide, methyl                         
               formate, and 2-methyltetrahydrofuran, of which at                      
               least one is used.  (Emphasis added).                                  



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