Appeal No. 1996-3262
Application No. 08/141,632
and the temperature compensating element is generated, or until
the sensing element reaches a constant value. Thus, while heat
is generated in response to a trigger pulse, there is no
disclosure of the heat being in pulse form.
The Examiner's argument29 that "[p]ulse heating is common in
the art where a pulse of current is provided to the heating
element to heat the fluid passing by," is not well taken. There
is no teaching that Ohta et al transmits a pulse of current to
its heating element, or that if a pulse is used to trigger
heating that the heating element would necessarily produce a heat
pulse.
Furthermore, it is noted in general that although Nakahata
et al discloses numerous benefits obtained by using diamond as a
thermistor, there is no motivation in any of the cited references
to take a diamond thermistor as taught by Nakahata et al and
modify the electrical device component placement, and thermal
connections and disconnections, as claimed.
Accordingly, we will not sustain the rejections of claims 5,
6 and 9-15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
E. Rejection of claims 1-3 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Kimoto
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