Ex parte SHIMAMUNE et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1996-2798                                       Page 2           
          Application No. 08/109,597                                                  


               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                       
          examiner’s refusal to allow claims 6, 11 and 12 which are all               
          the claims in the application.                                              


                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The invention is directed to a process for producing an                
          electrolytic electrode having fourlayers.  The electrode                    
          comprises an electrically conductive surface.  The surface is               
          coated by flame spraying particles of at least one oxide                    
          selected from the group consisting of titanium oxide, tantalum              
          oxide and niobium oxide on the surface to form a non-                       
          stoichiometric oxide layer composition having a thickness of 10             
          to 200 µm.  Thereafter, an intermediate thin layer containing               
          titanium oxide, tantalum oxide and platinum metal is formed on              
          the oxide layer by thermal decomposition.  Finally, an                      
          electrode layer is formed on the intermediate thin layer.                   


                                      THE CLAIMS                                      
               Claim 6 is illustrative of appellants’ invention and is                
          reproduced below.                                                           









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