Appeal 2007-0409
Application 10/479,203
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-20,
the only claims pending in this application. We have jurisdiction over the
appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
Appellants’ invention relates to an optical data storage medium for
recording by a focused laser-light beam. Independent Claims 1 and 12 are
reproduced below:
1. An optical data storage medium for rewritable recording by means
of a focused laser-light beam, said medium having a substrate with deposited
on a side thereof a recording stack comprising:
- at least one transparent layer,
- a phase-change type recording layer, and
- a metal reflective layer,
characterized in that the transparent layer comprises indium tin oxide and is
interposed between the recording layer and the metal reflective layer.
12. A rewritable optical data storage medium, having a substrate with
deposited on a side thereof a recording stack comprising:
- a transparent layer of indium tin oxide,
- a phase-change type recording layer, and
- a metal reflective layer,
characterized in that the transparent layer of indium tin oxide is interposed
between the recording layer and the metal reflective layer.
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