Appeal No. 1999-2839
Application 08/824,716
displaying the magnetic tunneling effect with stability.
Specification, page 3.
Appellants’ independent claim 1, reproduced below, is
representative of the invention:
1. A magnetic tunneling junction device comprising:
a first magnetic metal layer;
a second magnetic metal layer;
wherein said second magnetic metal layer is formed above
the first magnetic metal layer; and
first and second insulation layers formed between the
first and second magnetic metal layers wherein the second
insulating layer surrounds the first insulating layer and a
surface area of the first insulating layer in contact with the
second magnetic metal layer is less than 1x10 m .-9 2
In rejecting Appellants’ claims, the Examiner relies on the
following reference:
Gallagher et al. (Gallagher) 5,650,958 Jul .
22, 1997
Claims 1, 2 and 4-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as being anticipated by Gallagher. Rather than repeat the
arguments of Appellants and Examiner, we refer the reader to the
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