Appeal No. 95-5066
Serial No. 07/931,330
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:
1. Method of anchoring foils for green-tape circuits, whereby the foils have a
surface and are printed and dried, and are superimposed on each other in a
coordinated manner, the method comprising the steps of:
bonding at least a first green-tape foil to at least one other previously positioned
green-tape foil by means of at least one weld made by a source of heat on the surface
of one of said foils; and
bonding at least a second green-tape foil to said bonded foils on the surface of
said second foil displaced from said weld between said first foil and said previously
positioned foil.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims
are:
Newton 3,682,740 Aug. 08, 1972
Dubuisson et al. (Dubuisson) 4,814,030 Mar. 21, 1989
Kotchick 4,816,036 Mar. 28, 1989
Huebner 4,957,577 Sep. 18, 1990
Ketcham et al. (Ketcham) 5,089,455 Feb. 18, 1992
Hamuro et al. (Hamuro) 5,174,842 Dec. 29, 1992
(filed Oct. 30, 1990)
Buckley et al. (Buckley) 5,217,656 Jun. 08, 1993
(filed Jul. 12, 1990)
Kaun 5,219,673 Jun. 15, 1993
(filed Aug. 23, 1991)
Italplastic S.P.A. (Italplastic)3 2,100,259 Mar. 17, 1972
(French Patent)
The prior art reference relied upon by this Merits Panel:
McGraw-Hill DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL TERMS, second edition,
Daniel N. Lapedes, Editor in Chief, published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York,
1978, page 1046.
3 Our consideration of this reference is based on an English translation thereof, a copy of which is
provided to appellant with this decision.
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