Appeal No. 1997-3155
Application No. 08/424,828
supporting an intermediate portion of a continuous wire that
spans the distance between a die and a lead finger is
appellants’ disclosed and claimed invention. Appellants’
teachings are not available to the examiner to fashion an
obviousness rejection of the claims on appeal.
In summary, we are of the opinion that the appellants’
position is more persuasive than the examiner’s position
because Aoki clearly teaches away from the claimed invention.
DECISION
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1 through
12 and 18 through 28 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
REVERSED
James D. Thomas )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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Kenneth W. Hairston ) BOARD OF
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Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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Anita Pellman Gross )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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