Appeal No. 97-3669
Application 08/391,745
substrate that is furnished with a patterned film of electrode
material formed by a particular method. The latter is claimed
via independent claim 28 which is in the form of a product-by-
process claim. The method according to the present invention is
claimed via independent claim 27 which is reproduced below:
27. A method of furnishing a substrate with a
patterned film of electrode material, said method
comprising providing a surface of said substrate with a
layer of an assistant material capable of decomposition
and separation from said substrate upon heating with a
laser beam, providing a layer of electrode material in
contact with a surface of said assistant material,
locally heating said layer of assistant material with
said laser beam according to a desired pattern, at
least to the decomposition temperature of said
assistant material, to thereby cause said layer of
assistant material to locally decompose and separate
from said substrate in a manner so as to cause the
layer of said electrode material to be separated from
said substrate at areas of said local decomposition and
separation of underlying assistant material and thereby
form a patterned film of said electrode material on
said substrate.
Claims 27 and 28 are the only independent claims.
DISCUSSION
The Anticipation Rejection
Anticipation is established only when a single prior art
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