Appeal No. 1997-0123
Application 08/368,926
obviousness. Note In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24
USPQ2d
1443, 1444 (Fed. Cir. 1992).
At the outset, we note that the relevant portion of
independent claims 3, 6, 9, and 12 recites:
... each of the corner members
comprising at least one cross-slot
extending inward from an edge of the
corner member partway across the
corner member...
As asserted in the statement of the grounds of rejection
(Answer, page 3), the Examiner seeks to modify the combined
teachings of Nakamura and the admitted prior art by relying on
Suetake to supply the missing teaching of a film material
corner member having the requisite cross-slot feature. In the
Examiner’s view, the desire to prevent lead disconnections,
absorb mechanical stress, and increase yield by prevention of
tape scattering would
serve as motivating factors to the skilled artisan to modify
Nakamura and the admitted prior art with the teachings of
Suetake.
In response, Appellants assert that the Examiner has
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