Appeal 2007-0170
Application 10/262,510
I. APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
The subject matter on appeal is directed to “sensors using nano-
laminates,” such as “electrophoretic/electrochemical devices with
nanometer-scale metallic components (Specification 1, paragraphs 0002 and
0004).”
Further details of the appealed subject matter are recited in illustrative
claims 1, 3, and 11, which are reproduced below:
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first nano-laminate component comprising a first plurality of
alternating layers of metal and insulator material and a first exposed
cross-section of metal and insulator material of said first nano-
laminate component, wherein no portion of any layer of insulator
material of said first plurality of alternating layers contacts any other
layer of insulator material of said first plurality of alternating layers;
a second nano-laminate component comprising a second
plurality of alternating layers of metal and insulator material and a
second exposed cross-section of metal and insulator material of said
second nano-laminate component, wherein no portion of any layer of
insulator material of said second plurality of alternating layers
contacts any other layer of insulator material of said second plurality
of alternating layers;
a first piece of insulating material that connects in a first
spaced relationship a first side of said first nano-laminate component
to a first side of said second nano-laminate component; and
a second piece of insulating material that connects in a second
spaced relationship a second side of first nano-laminate component
with a second side of said second nano-laminate component;
wherein said first exposed cross-section and said second
exposed cross-section face each other, wherein said first piece of
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