Appeal No. 2002-0204
Application No. 09/154,243
reference:
Tonucci et al. (Tonucci) 5,264,722 Nov. 23, 1993
REJECTION
Claims 22 and 27 and 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by, or in the alternative under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over, the disclosures of Tonucci.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the claims, specification and
prior art, including all of the evidence and arguments advanced
by both the examiner and the appellants in support of their
respective positions. This review has led us to conclude that
the examiner’s Sections 102 and 103 rejections are well founded.
Accordingly, we will sustain them for essentially the reasons set
forth in the Answer. We add the following primarily for emphasis
and completeness.
Tonucci teaches a nanochannel glass matrix which is used as
a host or cast for the deposition of a variety of materials. See
column 4, lines 50-52. This nanochannel glass matrix provides “a
patterned arrangement of channels or holes whose dimensions can
be controlled to as small as a few nanometers.” See column 4,
lines 52-54. This nanochannel glass matrix has a large number of
channels or pores scalable to greater than or equal to 108 in a
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