Appeal No. 2003-0545 Page 2
Application No. 08/436,096
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 11, which is reproduced
as follows:
1. A superconducting electrical cable comprising:
a. an elongated, flexible, solid light-conducting
substrate formed of at least one strand of a uniform material
having a substantially constant cross section along its length;
b. an outer stratum of said substrate being formed of
electrically insulating material;
c. a first layer of superconducting material completely
surrounding said substrate immediately outside said outer stratum
and integrally secured to said substrate;
d. a second layer of insulating material immediately
outside, completely surrounding, and secured to said first layer;
and
e. said substrate supporting said superconducting material
and providing major tensile strength for said superconducting
electrical cable.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Middleton et al. (Middleton) 1,698,704 Jan. 8, 1929
Snowden et al. (Snowden) 3,612,742 Oct. 12, 1971
Sakurai JP 56-4101 Jan. 17, 1981
(Japanese Published Patent Application)
1 As noted by the examiner (answer, page 3) the appendix to the brief
does not include a correct copy of the claims. We observe that the claims, as
listed in the appendix, do not include all of the amendments to the claims
made by appellant in "Amendment F" (Paper No. 25, filed September 14, 1998).
We rely upon the correct copy of the appealed claims appended to the
examiner's answer.
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