Appeal No. 1997-3314
Application 08/266,783
The reference would have fairly suggested operation at room
temperature to one of ordinary skill in the art who did not
require higher adhesion than that obtained at this
temperature. Moreover, even if a temperature somewhat higher
than room temperature were used in Clabes simultaneous
irradiation/sputtering embodiment, the process would fall
within the scope of appellants’ claim 1 as long as the
substrate temperature did not exceed about 60EC.
For the above reasons we conclude, based upon the
preponderance of the evidence, that the process recited in
appellants’ claim 1 would have been obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Claim 11
Claim 11 recites that the thickness of the chromium layer
is about 5 to about 20D.
Appellants argue that Sallo requires a chromium thickness
of at least 50D (brief, page 8). Sallo’s chromium layer
thickness range of 50-500D, however, is merely a preferred
range (col. 3, lines 62-66). The teaching by Sallo that the
function of the chromium layer is to improve the bonding
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