Ex parte ONISHI et al. - Page 3


                     Appeal No. 96-2185                                                                                                                                                
                     Application 08/205,281                                                                                                                                            

                     et al. by performing some of the work on the circuit framework subsequent to the molding step as                                                                  
                     suggested by Uda.  Uniroyal, Inc. v. Rudkin-Wiley Corp.,                                                                                                          
                     837 F.2d 1044, 1050-54, 5 USPQ2d 1434, 1438-41 (Fed. Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 825                                                                            
                     (1988).                                                                                                                                                           
                                Thus, it is manifest that the only direction to appellants’ claimed invention as a whole on the                                                        
                     record before us is supplied by appellants’ own specification.                                                                                                    
                                The examiner’s decision is reversed.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                    Reversed                                                                                           











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