Ex parte AZUMA et al. - Page 12




          Appeal No. 1998-2309                                      Page 12           
          Application No. 08/277,035                                                  


          Swartz discloses the resultant film to have utility in a                    
          pyroelectric detector (col. 8, line 43).  We find no                        
          suggestion in Swartz of using the resultant film having                     
          varying Ba/Sr stoichiometry throughout the thickness of the                 
          film, in a thin film capacitor as claimed.                                  
               From all of the above, we find that Swartz does not                    
          anticipate claim 14.  In addition, from the disclosure of                   
          Swartz, we find no suggestion, and no persuasive reasoning has              
          been provided by the examiner, that would have suggested to an              
          artisan the steps of "providing a liquid precursor comprising               
          barium, strontium, and titanium together in a common solution,              
          depositing said precursor directly on said first metal                      
          electrode to form a thin film" as recited in claim 14.  In                  
          sum, we find that Swartz neither anticipates not renders                    
          obvious the method recited in claim 14.  Independent claim 17               
          contains language identical to claim 14 with respect to                     
          providing and depositing the precursor.                                     
               With regard to independent claim 21, we find that the                  
          claim has language identical to claim 14 with respect to the                
          providing and depositing of the liquid precursor, with the                  
          exception that claim 21 does not recite that the precursor is               







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