Appeal No. 95-4871
Application No. 08/172,666
rejection of claims 8 through 11 and 23. Evans discloses
(Figure 5) a piezoelectric ceramic 35 sandwiched between
layers of epoxy impregnated fiberglass cloths 36 and 37 to
form a transducer for a piano key. The epoxy impregnated
fiberglass cloth layers 36 and 37 do not encapsulate the
piezoelectric ceramic 35.
The examiner is of the opinion that it would have been
obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to adhere the
encapsulant disclosed by Evans to the piezoelectric ceramic
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