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                Appeal No. 2004-2148                                                                           
                Application No. 09/362,397                                                                     

                       depends at said interface, further comprising at least one                              
                       intermediate layer between said two solid material interfaces,                          
                       said at least one intermediate layer transmitting said radiation,                       
                       said information being readable from a least one of said solid                          
                       material interfaces by means of radiation of predetermined                              
                       wavelength, the method comprising the step of:                                          
                              depositing in said intermediate layer at least one layer                         
                       at least predominantly comprising  SivNwHu by means of a                                
                       reactive vacuum coating process in a process atmosphere, an                             
                       optimum of transmission of said layer and of a refractive index                         
                       of the material of said layer being achieved by adjusting the                           
                       concentration of a reactive gas in the process atmosphere,                              
                       which reactive gas comprises N and H.                                                   
                       107.  A method for producing an information carrier                                     
                       comprising at least two solid material interfaces adapted to                            
                       contain information and whereat the information is stored by                            
                       local modulation of at least one solid material characteristic,                         
                       from which characteristic reflection of electromagnetic                                 
                       radiation depends at said interface, further comprising at least                        
                       one intermediate layer between said two solid material                                  
                       interfaces, said at least one intermediate layer transmitting                           
                       said radiation, said information being readable from a least                            
                       one of said solid material interfaces by means of radiation of                          
                       predetermined wavelength, the method comprising the step                                
                       of:                                                                                     
                              depositing the intermediate layer to have a layer system                         
                       with at least one dielectric layer and with an optical thickness                        
                       which, at least in a first approximation, is m.8o/4, wherein m is                       
                       an integer of at least unity and is uneven and wherein 8o                               
                       designates the wavelength of said radiation which is                                    
                       transmitted through said at least one dielectric layer and                              
                       wherein, depending from said m being an integer, m being                                
                       reduced by an amount of up to 0.6 or increased by an                                    
                       amount of up to 0.2.                                                                    
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