Appeal No. 2001-0713
Application 09/016,304
an intermediate region between said driving part and said
generating part is set as a non-polarized insulating layer; and
the inner electrodes which oppose each other are partially
exposed to different side end faces of said piezoelectric ceramic
plate so that the polarities thereof may be opposite to each
other and are alternately connected to each other by outer
electrodes and further connected to respective electronic
terminals, said piezoelectric ceramic transformer being driven in
a radial direction expansion vibration basic mode.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Clawson et al. (Clawson) 3,610,969 Oct. 05, 1971
Ogawa 4,564,782 Jan. 14, 1986
Sugishita 5,828,160 Oct. 27, 1998
(filed Sep. 10, 1997)
The following rejections are on appeal before us:
1. Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by the disclosure of Ogawa.
2. Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the teachings of Ogawa taken alone.
3. Claims 2 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the teachings of Ogawa in view of
Clawson.
4. Claims 5 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the teachings of Sugishita taken alone.
5. Claims 6 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the teachings of Sugishita in view of
Clawson.
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