Appeal No. 1998-3021
Application No. 08/788,313
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Robinson in
view of Hrubesh.
Claims 2, 3, 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Robinson in view of Hrubesh and
Gnade.
Reference is made to the final rejection (paper number
17), the brief and the answer for the respective positions of
the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
The obviousness rejection of claims 1 through 15 is
reversed.
The examiner is of the opinion (final rejection, pages 2
and 3) that Robinson discloses all of the claimed steps except
for “the steps of depositing a precursor film on the
electrically conductive layer and gelling the precursor film
to form a porous silicon aerogel film.” The examiner
indicates (final rejection, page 3) that “Hrubesh teaches a
process comprising the steps of applying a precursor film on
an electrically conductive layer and gelling the precursor
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