Appeal No. 1998-0867
Application No. 08/639,984
thermistor has an electrode layer that completely covers the
main surface. The electrode layers are composed of a material
which comprises a silver alloy containing minimally 3 wt. %
and maximally 12 wt. % zinc.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A degaussing unit comprising:
a housing; and
a disc-shaped thermistor having a positive
temperature coefficient of resistance accommodated
within said housing, said thermistor including an
electrode layer on each of two main surfaces thereof
and being clamped between two contact springs via the
electrode layers, wherein the electrode layers
completely cover the main surfaces and are composed of
a material which comprises a silver alloy containing
minimally 3 wt. % and maximally 12 wt. % zinc, the
material having been
applied directly on to the two main surfaces of
said thermistor by means of screen printing.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Kahn 3,716,407 Feb.
13, 1973
Belhomme 4,357,590 Nov. 2,
1982
Claims 1 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Belhomme in view of Kahn.
Reference is made to the brief and the answer for the
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