Appeal No. 2000-1754
Application No. 08/748,893
an interface having electrical paths adaptable for coupling
to display circuitry; and
one or more compliant bumps mounted on said interface and
connected to said electrical paths, wherein said one or more
compliant bumps are adaptable for making contact with pads on
said electric device wherein said electric device is a display
panel.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Ardezzone 3,832,632 Aug. 27, 1974
Feigenbaum et al. (Feigenbaum) 5,378,982 Jan. 03, 1995
Hawthorne et al. (Hawthorne) 5,764,209 Jun. 09, 1998
(filed Feb. 22, 1995)
Claims 1, 7, and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as being anticipated by Hawthorne.
Claims 1 and 3 through 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Feigenbaum in view of Ardezzone
and Hawthorne.
Reference is made to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 9,
mailed July 19, 1999) and the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 12,
mailed March 1, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellants' Brief (Paper No.
11, filed December 21, 1999) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 13, filed
May 8, 2000) for appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the claims, the applied prior
art references, and the respective positions articulated by
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