Appeal No. 1996-3262
Application No. 08/141,632
subparagraph's recitation of "wherein said resistor is thermally
connected only with said diamond film, and said second surface is
in contact with the fluid." (emphasis added). Nakahata et al
does not disclose this limitation. Nakahata et al provides41
that resistor 12 is thermally connected not only with diamond
film 11, but also with electrodes 13 and leads 14, and at its
sides with the ambient environment, while, at most, being
thermally insulated only on its top by protective film 15.
Therefore, we do not affirm the rejection of claim 2.
As to claim 3, the prior art applied by the Examiner is
devoid of disclosure of the claimed "diamond film supported by
said substrate, wherein said diamond film is thermally insulated
from said substrate" (emphasis added), and "said diamond film has
an exposed surface to the fluid to be monitored." The Examiner
has not specifically addressed these claim limitations and has
failed to show which specific elements of the cited references he
has applied to this claim.
Therefore, we do not affirm the rejection of claim 3.
The Examiner's reliance upon the Kimoto et al reference as
an alternative disclosure of the claimed thermistor structure, is
41
41 See figure 1. The remaining embodiments disclosed by
Nakahata et al are less relevant.
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