Appeal No. 1997-3857
Application No. 08/220,286
illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as
follows:
1. A thermistor device comprising:
a thermistor element body;
an ohmic electrode provided on a major surface of said
thermistor element body with its outer peripheral edge
positioned within an outer peripheral edge of said thermistor
element body, thereby defining a gap portion; and
an insulating coating formed at said gap portion at least
where said outer peripheral edge of said ohmic electrode is in
contact with said thermistor element body, said outer
peripheral edge of said thermistor body being free of said
insulating coating.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Shikama et al. (Shikama) 5,210,516 May
11, 1993
Claims 1 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Shikama.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 19,
mailed April 16, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection, and to appellant's Brief (Paper
No. 18, filed March 5, 1997) for appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
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