Ex Parte Dernovsek et al - Page 2

                Appeal 2007-1940                                                                               
                Application 10/362,942                                                                         
                      Claims 21 and 23 illustrate Appellants’ invention of a glass ceramic                     
                mass, and are representative of the claims on appeal:                                          
                      21.  Glass ceramic mass comprising:                                                      
                      at least one oxide ceramic, containing barium, titanium and at least                     
                one rare earth metal Rek, and                                                                  
                      at least one glass material, containing at least one oxide of boron, at                  
                least one oxide of at least one tetravalent metal Me4+ selected from the                       
                group consisting of titanium, zirconium and hafnium, and at least one oxide                    
                of at least one rare earth metal Reg,                                                          
                      said glass ceramic mass having:                                                          
                      a permittivity which is selected from the range between 15 inclusive                     
                and 80 inclusive,                                                                              
                      a quality which is selected from the range between 300 inclusive and                     
                5000 inclusive, and                                                                            
                      a Tf value which is selected from the range between -20 ppm/K                            
                inclusive and +20 ppm/K inclusive.                                                             
                      23.  Glass ceramic mass comprising:                                                      
                      at least one oxide ceramic, containing barium, titanium and at least                     
                one rare earth metal Rek, and                                                                  
                      at least one glass material, containing at least one oxide of boron, at                  
                least one oxide of at least one rare earth metal Reg, and                                      
                      at least one oxide of at least one pentavalent metal M5+ selected from                   
                the group consisting of vanadium, niobium and tantalum,                                        
                      said glass ceramic mass having:                                                          
                      a permittivity which is selected from the range between 15 inclusive                     
                and 80 inclusive,                                                                              
                      a quality which is selected from the range between 300 inclusive and                     
                5000 inclusive, and                                                                            
                      a Tf value which is selected from the range between -20 ppm/K                            
                inclusive and +20 ppm/K inclusive.                                                             



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