Appeal No. 96-0616
Application 08/036,249
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an arrangement for
mounting electronic components on a supply tape which is to be
fed to a machine for mounting the components onto a printed
circuit board. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 2, which appears in
the separate "Appendix" filed on December 29, 1994 (Paper No.
18).3
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Hori 4,223,786 Sep. 23,
1980
Kikuchi et al. (Kikuchi) 5,141,450 Aug.
25, 1992
Kuwahara, et al. (Kuwahara) 3-212,369 Sep. 17,
1991
(Japanese Kokai Application)
Kitagawa et al. (Kitagawa) 4-102,575 Apr. 03, 1992
(Japanese Kokai Application)
The following rejections are before us for review:
3A correct copy of claims 8 and 9 can be found in the amendment filed
June 16, 1995 (Paper No. 20).
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