Appeal No. 1998-0335
Application 08/518,061
70 or 80 of Shimoma with equivalent laminated thin plates as
taught by Matsuda. This modification would fully meet the
invention as recited in claim 7. Therefore, we sustain the
examiner’s rejection of claim 7.
Independent claim 8 is similar to claim 7 except that
claim 8 recites that the intermediate electrode has an odd
number of apertured plates and that the plates on opposite
sides of the center plate are substantially identical. The
examiner relies on the same reasoning discussed above with
respect to claim 7, and the examiner adds that the application
disclosure admits that the number of plates is not critical
[answer, page 4]. Appellants argue that there is no
disclosure of an odd number of plates which permits the plates
on opposite sides of the center plate to be reversed to
compensate for imperfections on the plates caused by assembly
[brief, pages 5-6].
Although we do not favor the examiner’s reliance on
“admissions” from the disclosure which are not related to the
discussion of the prior art, we nevertheless agree with the
conclusion reached by the examiner. The teaching of a
plurality of laminated plates in Matsuda does not impose any
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