Appeal No. 1997-2917
Application No. 08/351,697
a. hydrolyzing a metal alkoxide in the presence of at
least one alcohol amine to produce a ceramic sol;
b. adding at least one member selected from the group
consisting of polyethylene glycol and polyethylene oxide to
the ceramic sol;
c. depositing the resultant ceramic sol on said
substrate; and
d. heating the resultant substrate.
In support of his rejection, the examiner has relied upon
the following prior art:
Nakanishi 5,009,688
Apr. 23, 1991
Kobayashi et al. (Kobayashi) 5,304,533 Apr.
19, 1994
(filed Aug. 24,
1988)
Yi et al. (Yi), “Sol-Gel Processing of Complex Oxide Films,”
70 Ceramic Bulletin, no. 7, 1173-79 (American Ceramic Society,
1991).
Claims 5, 6 and 8 through 10 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of
Yi, Kobayashi and Nakanishi.1
1In view of the Amendment under 37 CFR § 1.116 dated
September 5, 1996, Paper No. 13, the examiner withdrew the §
103 rejection of claims 5, 6, 8 and 9 as unpatentable over the
combined disclosures of Nakanishi and Yi as set forth in the
final Office action dated June 10, 1996. See Answer, pages 2-
3, in conjunction with the final Office action, page 4. The
examiner then extended the § 103 rejection of claim 10 as
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