Appeal No. 2001-2182 4
Application No. 08/948,895
Sandhu et al. (Sandhu) 5,284,365 Oct. 20, 1998
(Filed Jun. 24, 1996)
Tsukune et al. (EP’656) 387,656 Sep. 19, 1990
(Published European Patent Application)
Kim et al. (GB’345) 2,299,345 Oct. 02, 1996
(Published UK Patent Application)
Endo et al. (EP’283) 701,283 Mar. 13, 1996
(Published European Patent Application)
Endo, K et al. (Endo), “Preparation and Properties of Fluorinated Amorphous Carbon Thin
Films by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition”, Materials Research Society
Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 381, pp. 249- 254 (1995).
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable
over EP’283 in view of EP’656 and Shankar.
Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over
EP’283 in view of EP’656 and Shankar and further in view of Endo.
Claims 6, 7 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable
over Shankar in view of EP’656, GB’345 and EP’283.
Claims 10 through 14 and 16 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§103(a) as being unpatentable over Shankar in view of EP’656, GB’345 and EP’283, and
further in view of Endo.
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable
over EP’283 in view of Sandhu and Shankar.
Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over
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