Appeal No. 95-4028
Application 08/097,904
a resin package disposed on the first surface of said
circuit board covering said electronic circuit;
a plurality of testing wire conductors disposed on the first
surface of said circuit board, each testing wire conductor being
connected at a first end to said electronic circuit and exposed
at a second end at the second surface of said circuit board for
testing the respective functions of said electronic circuit
individually; and
insulating means for covering and electrically insulating
said second ends of said testing wire conductors.
No references were relied on by the examiner.
Claims 1, 8 through 10, 14 and 16 stand rejected under the
second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 as being indefinite for
failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the
subject matter which appellant regards as the invention.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will sustain the indefiniteness rejection as to claims 1
and 16, and we will reverse it as to claims 8 through 10 and 14.
According to the examiner, the claims recite "that each
testing wire conductor is exposed for testing the respective
functions of said electronic circuit, and insulating means for
covering and electrically insulating these same testing wire
conductors" (Answer, page 3). It is the examiner's position that
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