Appeal No. 1999-2108 Page 5
Application No. 08/654,371
thickness than the intermediate walls and then applying the
adhesive to less than the entire top surface of the end walls
(dependent claims 3-5).
As for the independent claims, it is the examiner’s view
that the admitted prior art teaches all of the subject matter
recited except for the direction of movement of the adhesive
during application. However, it is the examiner’s position
that to apply the adhesive in the manner required by the claims
would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art in
view of the teachings of Teshima. We do not agree.
Teshima is directed to depositing adhesive upon the
surface of printed circuit boards in order to bond circuit
components thereto. Some of the patterns of adhesive
deposited are elongated and others are symmetrical, and the
patent points out that problems are encountered with the
deposition of the adhesive in the elongated patterns, no matter
what the direction of movement of the squeegee with respect to
their axis. Teshima solves these problems by eliminating
elongated patterns of adhesive deposition in favor of
symmetrical ones, such as circles or squares, so that any
detrimental effect caused by the direction of movement of the
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