Appeal No. 96-1313
Application 08/202,536
n.2, 37 USPQ2d 1127, 1129 n.2 (Fed. Cir. 1995); 37 CFR §
1.192(c)(7) (1995).
Morgan discloses a method for electroless deposition of a
metal onto a substrate by use of a viscous aqueous electroless
plating solution (col. 2, lines 38-42). The aqueous solution
includes at least one water soluble source of ions of metal
species selected from groups 1B, 6B and 8 of the periodic
table (col. 3, lines 40-61). Morgan states (col. 3, lines 46-
49) that “[u]seful depositable metal species from Group 1B are
copper, silver and gold; from Group 6B, chromium; and from
Group 8, iron, cobalt, nickel, palladium and platinum.” The
aqueous solution includes a complexing agent and a reducing
agent for the metal ions (col. 3, line 62 - col. 4, line 9),
and contains a thickener to provide the desired viscosity
(col. 4, line 10).
Appellants argue that their method differs from that of
Morgan in that appellants’ substrate is immersed in the
plating bath whereas Morgan’s viscous solution is applied to
the substrate by a method such as screen printing (brief,
pages 6-7). The examiner argues that the second paragraph of
column 2 of Morgan indicates that Morgan was well aware of
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