Ex parte DAVIDSON et al. - Page 3




            Appeal No. 1999-2313                                                      
            Application No. 08/396,288                                                

            The disclosed invention pertains to a                                     
            superconductive structure which carries a higher maximum                  
            density of supercurrent without transitioning out of a                    
            superconducting state.  More particularly, the invention                  
            uses a high critical temperature (T ) superconductive                     
                                                c                                     
            copper oxide film having a crystallographic structure                     
            with parallel Cu-O crystallographic planes sufficient to                  
            create a critical supercurrent anisotropy in the film.                    
            The path of flow of supercurrent through the copper oxide                 
            superconductive material is determined by the geometry of                 
            the superconductive structure and the means for flowing                   
            the supercurrent through the superconductive structure.                   
            Representative claim 45 is reproduced as                                  
            follows:                                                                  
                 45.  An improved superconductive structure which                     
                 carries a higher maximum density of supercurrent                     
                 without transitioning out of a superconducting                       
                 state, comprising:                                                   
                 a high T  superconductive copper oxide film for                      
                              c                                                       
                 carrying supercurrent within said film in a                          
                 direction substantially parallel to a major surface                  
                 thereof, said film having a crystallographic                         
                 structure with parallel Cu-O crystallographic planes                 
                 extending therein sufficient to create a critical                    
                 supercurrent anisotropy in said film, said critical                  
                 supercurrent anisotropy allowing much more                           
                 supercurrent to flow along said parallel Cu-O                        
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