Appeal 2007-1228
Application 10/150,458
1 FINDINGS OF FACT
2 On October 10, 2003, the Examiner required an election of species
3 from one of the following embodiments: (1) species A directed to the
4 embodiment of Fig. 5; (2) species B directed to the embodiment of Fig. 7;
5 (3) species C directed to the embodiment of Fig. 9; and (4) species D
6 directed to the embodiment of Fig. 10.
7 Applicants elected to prosecute species A (Fig. 5), indicating that
8 claims 1-9 were readable thereon.
9 Species A (shown below in a reproduced Fig. 5) shows a heat
10 conduction stack 110 comprising (1) a cooling plate 134 [referred to as a
11 "cold plate" in the claims], (2) a conduction plate 132 [referred to as a
12 "conducing plate" in the claims], (3) an insulator block [referred to as an RF
13 insulator in the claims], which can be made of aluminum nitride 130 and
14 having heater coils 131 [referred to in the claims as a heater] integrated
15 therein, (4) an RF top coil 102 [referred to as a top RF coil in the claims]
16 and (6) a heat transfer sheet 136 [not claimed]. Specification at 9-10.
17 Fig. 5 is reproduced below
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19 Fig. 5 shows a conduction stack
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