Ex parte KOTANI - Page 2




          Appeal No. 95-3001                                                          
          Application No. 08/195,844                                                  


               The disclosed invention relates to a piezoelectric resonance           
          device in which the width of the dielectric substrate of a                  
          capacitor portion of the device is larger than the width of                 
          adjacent portions of terminals.                                             
               Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it               
          reads as follows:                                                           
               1.  A piezoelectric resonance device comprising:                       
               a piezo-resonator which has oscillation electrodes provided            
          on front and back sides of a piezoelectric substrate and vibrates           
          in a shear mode;                                                            
               an input terminal and an output terminal for supporting                
          the piezo-resonator, each of the input terminal and the output              
          terminal having cup portions connected with the oscillation                 
          electrodes electrically;                                                    
               a capacitor which has a common electrode on one side of a              
          dielectric substrate, and opposed electrodes on the other side of           
          the dielectric substrate spaced from one another along a first              
          dimension of the dielectric substrate, the opposed electrodes               
          being connected electrically with an outer side of the cup                  
          portions of the terminals along said first dimension and along a            
          second dimension, the second dimension of the dielectric                    
          substrate being larger than that of the cup portions of the                 
          terminals; and                                                              
               a grounding terminal which is connected electrically with              
          the common electrode of the capacitor.                                      
               The references relied on by the examiner are:                          
          Yoshida                       5,091,671            Feb. 25, 1992            
          Yoshinaga                     5,184,043      Feb.  2, 1993                  
                                                  (filed  Dec. 17, 1991)              
          Japanese patent publication   1-133816            Sept. 12, 1989            


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