Appeal No. 1999-2207
Application No. 08/967,152
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to thermal protection for surge suppressors by
placing the thermal fuse near the geometric center of the varistor body and providing a
thermally conductive adhesive therebetween to hold them together. An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 9, which is reproduced:
9. A transient voltage suppressor for an electrical circuit comprising:
a varistor having a varistor body;
a thermal fuse having a thermally responsive element disposed within a fuse
body, the fuse mounted with respect to the varistor so that the thermally
responsive element is approximately adjacent the geometrical center of the
varistor body; and
a layer of adhesive between the varistor body and the thermal fuse.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Allina 4,866,560 Sep. 12, 1989
Claims 7-11, 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Allina.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
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