Appeal No. 1997-4194
Application No. 08/357,435
THE CLAIMS
Claims 1 and 11 are illustrative of appellants’ invention and are reproduced
below.
1. An article of manufacture, comprising:
a quasicrystalline metal alloy film less than about 3000 Å thick, said film having a
composition of the general formula A1 Cu Fe X I , where X represents
a b c d e
one or more optional alloy elements and I represents manufacturing
impurities, and where a = 100-b-c-d-e; 24 < b < 26; 12 < c < 13;
0 < d < 10; and 0 < e < 3.
11. An article of manufacture, comprising:
a quasicrystalline A1CuFe alloy film less than about 3000 Å thick, formed by
depositing in sequence on a substrate through radio frequency
sputtering a stoichiometric amount of each respective alloy material and
then annealing said layers, whereby to form said film through solid state
diffusion.
THE REFERENCE OF RECORD
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the following reference.
Dubois et al. (Dubois) 5,204,191 April 20, 1993
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim
the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1 through 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by
or, in the alternative under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Dubois.
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