Appeal No. 1997-3302
Application No. 08/152,338
Appealed claims 21 through 32 and 34 through 38 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Defendini
in combination with either Oshikawa or Giglia and Rukavina.
Appealed claims 33 and 39 stand similarly rejected under the
same section of the statute as unpatentable over Defendini in
combination with either Oshikawa or Giglia and Rukavina
further in view of Huang.
We cannot sustain the stated rejections.
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a method for
fabricating an electrochromic device having organic polymer
substrates and a preformed ion-conducting polymer. For
purposes of the issues raised in the present appeal, a
significant step of appellants' claimed fabrication method
involves the deposition of an organic polymer primer coating
on a surface of each of two organic polymer substrates. See
step (a) of appealed claim 21. Thereafter, in appellants'
method, an electroconductive metal oxide film is deposited on
each of the primer coatings of the organic polymer substrates.
On one of the electroconductive metal oxide films deposited in
the above step, a film of electrochromic material is deposited
thereon. On the other electroconductive metal oxide film, a
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