Appeal No. 1996-1291
Application No. 08/182,409
said medium to transfer onto said preparatory layer where a
transferred pattern transfers onto said preparatory layer.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies on the
following prior art:
Golchert 4,024,287 May 17,
1977
Kitabatake 4,169,169 Sep. 25,
1979
Takiyama et al. (Takiyama) 4,490,410 Dec. 25,
1984
Claims 1, 3, 4, 6 through 8, 11 through 13, 17, 20, 21
and 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable
over the combined disclosures of Kitabatake and Takiyama.
Claims 9, 10, 15 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Kitabatake,
Takiyama and Golchert.
We have carefully reviewed the specification, claims and
applied prior art, including all of the arguments advanced by
both the examiner and appellant in support of their respective
positions. This review leads us to conclude that the
examiner’s § 103 rejections are not well founded.
Accordingly, we will not sustain any of the foregoing § 103
rejections for essentially those reasons set forth in the
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