Appeal No. 97-1048
Application No. 08/120,998
Claims 1 through 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Schott in view of Davies.
Reference is made to the final rejection, the briefs and
the answer for the respective positions of the appellant and
the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 1
through 21.
Schott discloses a thick-film voltage regulator for an
alternator of an automobile (Figures 1, 2 and 7). The
regulator is assembled on two separate substrates 3 and 4
(Figure 2). The insulative substrate 3 supports all of the
regulator circuitry except for a power zener diode 5 and 47
(Figures 2 and 7, respectively) which is mounted on conductive
substrate 4 (column 5, lines 59 through 61). The circuitry on
the insulative substrate is in the form of a printed circuit
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