Appeal No. 1998-1665 Page 2
Application No. 08/476,831
THE INVENTION
Appellant's invention relates to a an optical window. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. An optical window consisting essentially of:
(a) a group III-V compound
(b) doped with an element taken from the class consisting of shallow donors and having a
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dopant concentration of from about 5 x 10 to about 2 x 10 atoms/cc
(c) and having less than about 1 x 10 atoms/cc of carbon impurity.7
THE REFERENCES RELIED UPON
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims
are:
McNeely et al. (McNeely) 3,533,967 Oct. 13, 1970
Bult et al. (Bult) 4,585,511 Apr. 29, 1986
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-5, 69-72, and 75-86 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over McNeely in view of Bult.
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