Appeal No. 1996-3108
Application No. 08/064,010
adhesive forms a heat conductor track as set forth in claims
25 and 49. Accordingly, the 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of
claims 23 through 25, 48 and 49 based upon the teachings of
the IBM TDB is sustained. In keeping with appellants’
grouping of the claims (revised Brief, page 7), the
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of claims 26, 27, 46, 47,
50 and 51 based upon the teachings of the IBM TDB is
sustained.
The 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of claims 30 and 54 is
reversed because Ezzo does not disclose a printed circuit
board, and because Craft considered alone or in combination
with Ezzo would not have suggested the claimed invention.
The 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of claims 31, 32, 55 and 56
is reversed because the IBM TDB neither teaches nor would have
suggested to the skilled artisan the relative thicknesses
recited in these claims.
DECISION
The decision of the examiner is affirmed as to the
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