Appeal No. 1999-1607
Application No. 08/820,238
Claim 1 is the only independent claim on appeal, and it
reads as follows:
1. A weighing cell for an electronic balance having
electrical circuit components, defining two sidewalls which are
displaced parallel to each other as a function of a weight
placed on the balance, and including two metallic plates which
move relative to each other and together form a capacitor with
capacitances that change as a function of said relative movement
caused by the weight placed on the balance, wherein one of said
plates defines a printed circuit board, having two sides with
one side facing said other of said plates, and being provided
with a metallic layer, and the other side supporting electrical
circuit components of the balance.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Bell 4,295,376 Oct.
20, 1981
Sato 4,846,294 July
11, 1989
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Sato in view of Bell.
Reference is made to the final rejection (paper number 18),
the answer (paper number 24), and the briefs (paper numbers 23
and 25) for the respective positions of the examiner and the
appellant.
OPINION
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