Appeal No. 1997-2016 Page 10
Application No. 08/196,126
the combined teachings thereof to use Hentz as a starting point in designing a device for
aligning and adhering substrates, such as the shim stock assembly and photomasks taught by
Hulderman, having approximately the same surface area.
For the foregoing reasons, we shall not sustain the examiner's rejection of claims 9 and
10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Hentz in view of Hulderman.
Turning next to the examiner's rejection of claims 11-16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Hentz in view of Hulderman and Phillips, we have reviewed the
additional teachings of Phillips but find nothing therein which overcomes the above-noted
deficiencies of the combination of Hentz and Hulderman. It follows then that we shall also not
sustain the examiner's rejection of claims 11-16, which depend from claim 10.
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