Interference No. 103,036
G. Claim 51 recites
means to transfer sufficient heat generated by the
conductive layer to the temperature sensitive color
indicator material...when the voltage indicator is in
contact with a battery housing.
The party Tucholski's position
It is the party Tucholski's position that the Burroughs
et al. specification as originally filed does not reasonably
convey to the artisan that Burroughs et al. recognized the “heat
sinking” problem which occurs when a voltage indicator is in
contact with a battery having an electrically conducting housing,
and that the specification does not have express support for, or
inherently disclose, "thermal insulating means" or equivalents
thereof. While the Burroughs et al. specification discloses the
use of nonconductive materials, it is the party Tucholski's
position that the specification meant that these materials are
electrically nonconductive and not thermally nonconductive. The
party Tucholski argues that there is no recognition in the
Burroughs et al. specification of thermally nonconductive
materials or that such materials would solve the heat sinking
problem, and that the specification contains no examples of
thermal insulators.
The Burroughs et al. specification
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