Appeal 2007-0128 Reexamination Control 90/006,208 Patent 5,573,648 Dempsey identifies various portions of Figure 1 including the following parts: 1 Reservoir 2 Distilled Water 3 Gasket 5 & 6 Hydrated Ports 7 Water Channel 8 Hydrated solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) cation exchange membrane 10 Counter electrode 11 Catalytic reference electrode 13 Sensing electrode 14 Sensing port 15 Bottom plate 16 & 17 Opening and barrier film to permit passage of air while blocking CO (Id. at col. 4, line 30 to col. 5, line 21). 11) Dempsey states that a method of forming gas sensing electrodes is Adescribed in detail in U.S. Pat. No. 3,134,697, entitled >Fuel Cell,= issued May 26, 1964.@ (Id. at col. 7, ll. 18-25). 12) Dempsey also teaches that the Anature and characteristics@ of the electrodes is described in AU.S. Pat. No. 3,297,484, entitled >Electrode Structure and Fuel Cell Incorporating the Same,= issued Jan. 10, 1967.@ (Id. at col. 8, ll. 31-44). 13) Dempsey exemplifies sensing and counter electrodes having a 1.6 cm 10Page: Previous 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Next
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