Appeal No. 1996-0060
Application No. 08/033,596
Claims 3 through 8, 10 through 13, 15 through 19, 21, 23
through 26, 28 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Shindo.
Claims 30, 32 and 34 through 36 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Shindo in view of
McShane and Yamamoto.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
The 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of claims 1, 2 and 9 is
sustained as to claims 1 and 2, and is reversed as to claim 9.
The obviousness rejection of claims 3 through 13, 15 through
19, 21, 23 through 26, 28 through 30, 32 and 34 through 36 is
reversed.
Appellants argue throughout the briefs that the metallic
terminal pins in the applied references do not terminate
“approximately at said exterior surface” of a metallic base
(claims 25 through 29) or of a metallic cover (claims 30, 32
and 34 through 36) of an electronic package. With respect to
claims 1 and 2, appellants argue (Brief, page 9) that “[t]here
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