Appeal No. 96-3737
Application No. 08/203,840
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection
of claims 1 through 18 and 37 through 42 which are all of the
claims remaining in the application.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of
fabricating a multilayer structure from a stack of layers
formed from ceramic material, wherein the stack of layers
forms at least one recess, comprising the steps of (a)
positioning a block of resilient, compliant material on or
over said at least one recess and (b) applying sufficient
pressure to the resilient, compliant material to cause it to
deform and fill said at least one recess and cause interlayer
adhesion of said layers. This appealed subject matter is
adequately illustrated by independent claim 1 which reads as
follows:
1. A method of fabricating a multilayer structure from a
stack of layers formed from ceramic material, said stack of
layers does not contain adhesive between each layer and forms
at least one recess, said at least one said recess having a
depth and an area, said method comprising the step [sic,
steps] of:
(a) positioning a block of resilient, compliant
material on or over at least one stack of layers
including said area of said at least one recess, said
block of resilient, compliant material having a
thickness greater than said depth of said at least one
recess; and
2
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