Appeal No. 96-0661
Application 08/189,833
Matsubara discloses that the microwaveable heating elements
(e.g., 12 or 25) therein may be formed by "sintering" (col. 5,
line 1) and that such heating elements may be comprised of
"a microwave absorption material mainly composed of
carbon and silicon carbide capable of sufficiently
absorbing microwaves, and proper metal particles such
as casting powder, brass powder, and alumina powder,
etc"(col. 5, lines 53-57).
Matsubara (col. 7, lines 31-36) makes note of a composition
for the heating element therein which can reach a temperature
of about 900ºC in a short time, while column 9, lines 21-28,
thereof describes a heating element for a home kiln that is
capable of raising the temperature in the kiln to about
1000ºC.
After a careful review of the collective teachings of the
applied references and of the specific combination thereof
posited by the examiner, particularly the teachings of Fukuda
and Matsubara, we must agree with the examiner that it would
have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the
time of
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