Appeal No. 93-1883 Application No. 07/759,691 Eichelberger et al. (Eichelberger ‘695) 4,783,695 Nov. 08, 1988 (filed Sep. 26, 1986) Chihara et al. (Chihara) 4,745,018 May 17, 1988 (filed Sep. 08, 1987) Werth 0 233 755 Aug. 26, 1987 (Published European Patent Application) Bry et al., (Bry) IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin,“Reusable Chip Test Package,” Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 1476 and 1477, (September 1979)(hereinafter referred to as “Bry”). Appellants’ admitted prior art as seen from the specification at page 2, line 24 to page 3, line 5; page 4, line 15 to page 5, line 12; page 10, lines 14 to 17; page 15, lines 25-29; and page 16, lines 7 to 16 (hereinafter referred to as “appellants’ admitted prior art”). The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows: (1) Claims 2, 4 and 11 through 13 as unpatentable over Bry in combination with Eichelberger ‘122 further taken with either Jones or appellants’ admitted prior art; (2) Claim 3 as unpatentable over Bry in combination with Eichelberger ‘122 further taken with either Jones or appellants’ admitted prior art as applied to claims 2, 4 and 11 through 13 above, and further in view of either Chihara or Werth; and 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007