Appeal No. 1998-0437
Application No. 08/603,523
The examiner relies on the following reference:1
Satoh et al. (Satoh) 5,559,481 Sept. 24,
1996
(filed Oct. 23,
1992)
Claim 13 stands rejected under the second paragraph of
U.S.C. § 112 as being indefinite.
Claims 1-4, 6, 8-10, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 18-20 stand
finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated
by Satoh.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.
1The following references are cited as of interest for
their teachings of a surface acoustic wave transducer having
LiNbO and LiTaO substrates:3 3
Hickernell, “The Dependencies of SAW-Transducer Equivalent-
Circuit-Model Parameters On Transducer Geometry,” IEEE
Ultrasonics Symposium, 127-30 (1997).
Hickernell et al., (Hickernell), “The Surface Acoustic Wave
Propagation Characteristics of 41E Lithium Niobate with Thin-
Film SiO ,” IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium,
2
216-221 (1996).
Hickernell et al., (Hickernell), “The Surface Acoustic Wave
Propagation Characteristics of 64E Y-X LiNbO and 36 E Y-X
3
LiTaO Substrates with Thin-Film SiO ,” IEEE Ultrasonics3 2
Symposium, 345-48 (1995).
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