Appeal No. 1998-0867
Application No. 08/639,984
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
Appellant argues (Brief, page 3 through 5) that all of
the claims on appeal recite electrode layers that “completely
cover” the main surfaces of the thermistor, that the material
of the electrode layers comprises a silver alloy “containing
minimally
3 wt. % and maximally 12 wt. % zinc,” and that the applied
prior art neither teaches nor would have suggested the same.
The examiner states (Answer, page 3) that Belhomme
discloses “[e]lectrode layers 11 in Fig. 2 completely cover
the thermistor 2,” and that “[t]he electrodes 11 contain
silver.” The examiner also states that “Kahn discloses
silver/zinc electrodes at the claimed ratio in col. 2, lines
5-18, and Example I.” Based upon the teachings of Belhomme
and Kahn, the examiner concludes (Answer, page 4) that “[i]t
would have been obvious in view of Kahn to employ directly
applied zinc/silver electrodes in the device of Belhomme at
the claimed ratio where Kahn teaches that the electrodes are
low in contact resistance and both Belhomme and Kahn disclose
similar thermistor materials and electrodes having silver.”
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