Appeal No. 1997-1248
Application 08/480,109
a solder ball electrically and mechanically attached to
said frustum cone structure encasing edges of said wettable
layer and said phased layer with said solder ball forming a
solder bead away from said solder non-wettable layer.
The reference relied on by the Examiner is:
Satou 59-117135 Jul. 6, 1984
(Japanese Kokai Patent Publication)
Claims 9 to 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
Satou.
Reference is made to Appellant’s briefs and the 2
Examiner's answer for their respective positions.
OPINION
We have considered the record before us and we will
reverse the rejection of claims 9 to 11.
In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, it is
incumbent upon the Examiner to establish a factual basis to
support the legal conclusion of obviousness. See In re Fine,
837 F.2d 1071, 1073, 5 USPQ2d 1596, 1598 (Fed. Cir. 1988). In
so doing, the Examiner is expected to make the factual
2A reply brief [paper no. 19] was filed and its entry
approved without any further response from the Examiner [paper
no. 20].
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