Appeal No. 2001-2349
Application No. 09/237,895
a glass material portion and an electrically conductive material
portion,
wherein at least one of said terminal metal fitting and said
center electrode is formed with a surface layer facing said
resistor, said surface layer consisting essentially of an
electrically conductive or semiconductive oxide layer having a
thickness at least 0.1 µm,
wherein said at least one of said terminal metal fitting and
said center electrode is directly in contact with said resistor
on the surface of said oxide layer.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Nishio 3,903,453 Sep. 02, 1975
Stimson 4,795,944 Jan. 03, 1989
Claims 24, 25, and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being clearly anticipated. The examiner applies
Stimson for claim 24 and Nishio for claims 25 and 26.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 16,
mailed April 27, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellants' Brief (Paper
No. 15, filed March 23, 2001) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 17 1/2,
filed June 21, 2001) for appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
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