The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte NOBORU FURUKAWA, MASAHIKO KAWASE,
and YASUNORI ITO
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Appeal 2006-1786
Application 10/322,859
Technology Center 2800
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Decided: September 28, 2006
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Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 1-8.
We AFFIRM.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a thermistor chip. With reference to
Appellants’ drawing, the thermistor chip 11 comprises an NTC thermistor element
12, outer electrodes 14 and diffused layers 13 formed entirely over the main
surfaces of element 12, the diffused layers 13 being formed proximately to all
external exposed surfaces of the thermistor element and being free of any
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