Appeal No. 1997-0846
Application No. 08/474,950
spacers which are described as "brittle, difficult to handle
and can prematurely break before or during flow solder
processing, creating massive rework and scrap of printed
wiring boards." See the specification at page 2, lines 23
through 25. Accordingly, the examiner's stated rejection of
the appealed claims for obviousness cannot be sustained.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
OTHER ISSUES
Contrary to appellant's statement in his brief on appeal
that there are no known related appeals or interferences, we
direct the examiner's attention to Appeal No. 97-3102 which is
an appeal from the rejection of related subject matter in
Serial No.
08/476,526 filed June 7, 1995. A copy of our decision in the
related appeal which is being mailed on even date is attached
to this decision.
Prior to taking any further action in the present
application, the examiner should carefully consider the
patentability issues raised based on the Caravona patent in
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