Appeal No. 2004-2148
Application No. 09/362,397
mention the more critical requirements of an intermediate layer of an
information carrier. Thus, claims 96 and 97 are not believed to be obvious
from the combined teachings of Challener, Kim, Kluger and Signer. (Brief,
p. 34).
A person of ordinary skill in the art would have recognized the
suitable methods for forming layer in an information carrier. A person of
ordinary skill in the art would have reasonably expected that the process of
forming an optical layer disclosed by Kluger and Signer would have been
suitable for forming a layer in the information carrier of Challener.
III.
The Examiner rejected claims 107 to 118, 123 to 125, 130 to 135, 137
to 140 and 143 to 149 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
Challener. We affirm.
The subject matter of claim 107 describes a method for producing
an information carrier comprising at least two solid material interfaces. The
claim specifies that the intermediate layer is deposited to have at least
one dielectric layer with a particular optical thickness specified in the
claim.
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