Appeal No. 1997-1454
Application No. 07/931,632
x>y, said compound being characterized by zero resistivity at
a temperature of at least 35 K.
The examiner relies upon the following references of
record as prior art in rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102
and
35 U.S.C. § 103:
Koinuma et al. (Koinuma), "Fabrication by Laser MBE and In
Situ Characterization of Layered Cuprates", Advances in
Superconductivity III (Nov. 6-9, 1990), pp. 1135-38.
Takano et al. (Takano), "Superconductivity in the Ba-Sr-Cu-O
system", Physica C 176 (1991), pp. 441-444.
Komuro et al. (Komuro) 4,983,575 Jan. 8, 1991.
The following rejections are maintained by the examiner:
1. Claims 1-2 and 5-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, first paragraph, for lack of enablement and an adequate
written description of "metal-atom vacancy" and "vacancies".
2. Claims 1-2 and 5-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, second paragraph, as being indefinite with regard to the
expression "substantially more vacancies".
3. Claims 1-2 and 5-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Koinuma.
4. Claims 1, 2 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Takano.
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