Ex parte MASHBURN - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 1998-1068                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/472,833                                                                                                             

                                                                  The References                                                                        

                          The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims                               

                 are:                                                                                                                                   

                 Behn et al. (“Behn”)                         4,508,049                                             Apr. 2, 1985                        

                 Schultz et al., "Preparation and Characterization of Pulsed Laser Deposited HTSC Film"; SPIE, Vol.                                     
                 1187, p. 204-215.  (1989) (“Schultz”)                                                                                                  


                                                                   The Rejection                                                                        

                          Claims 19 and 29-34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Behn                                         

                 alone or in view of Schultz.                                                                                                           


                          1.       The Behn Reference                                                                                                   

                          Behn describes the production of electrical components which have alternate metal and                                         

                 polymer layers carried on a substrate.  (Abstract).  The electrical components are produced by fixing                                  

                 the substrates on a rotatable drum and rotating the drum through first and second vacuum chambers                                      

                 which are air-locked with respect to each other.  (Abstract).  In the first chamber the substrate is                                   

                 coated with a metal by a vapor deposition process, for example, by vaporizing a metal with an electron                                 

                 beam.  (Col. 1, line 66 to col. 2, line 2 and col. 4, lines 31-34).  A glow discharge polymer coating is                               

                 applied in the second vacuum chamber.  (Col. 4, lines 34-37).  The air locks preferably have a port                                    

                 which allows for the evacuation of residual monomer gas and/or vaporized metal which respectively                                      


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