Appeal No. 2001-1853
Application 09/198,217
an electromechanical piezoelectret for converting electrical
energy into mechanical energy, said piezoelectret being carried
on said substrate and having an inner electrode towards said
substrate; and
an electrically conductive coating between said inner
electrode and said substrate forming an electrical contact at a
plurality of locations with said inner electrode, and wherein
said conductive coating does not extend to a side of said
substrate opposite from said piezoelectret.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Bullock 4,140,936 Feb. 20, 1979
Stein et al. (Stein) 5,404,067 Apr. 4, 1995
Claims 1-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies only upon Bullock in
view of Stein. The examiner's additional reliance in the final
rejection upon Bost and Williams in the alternative has been
withdrawn as noted at page 5 in the answer.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the
examiner, reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
Among claims 1, 8, 16 and 17, the only claims for which
appellants present arguments in the brief and reply brief, we
sustain the rejection only of independent claim 1 and dependent
2
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