Appeal No. 1997-0552
Application No. 08/267,490
providing a semiconductor mounting system in the manufacturing area;
conveying the marked semiconductor to the mounting system; and
utilizing the mounting system to automatically mount the marked semiconductor at a
predetermined position on a circuit board to obtain the programmed ECU.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Lappington 4,084,240 Apr. 11, 1978
Kidston 5,273,349 Dec. 28, 1993
Claims 1-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Lappington in view of Kidston.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 15, mailed Aug. 7, 1996) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to appellants’ brief (Paper No. 14, filed May 23, 1996) for appellants’
arguments thereagainst.
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