Appeal No. 1997-3420
Application No. 08/371,227
no evidence which establishes that the anodic condition is
caused to exist by virtue of contact between the center mask
and the substrate holding means. Furthermore, in Anderle the
center mask and the peripheral mask are connected together,
which is a different system from that of Braeuer and, as was
the case above, we fail to discern any reason why one of
ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make
this change to the Braeuer apparatus.
The deficiencies noted above are not alleviated by
further considering the teachings of Zejda et al.
For the reasons stated above, it is our conclusion that
the combined teachings of the five references fail to
establish a prima facie case of obviousness with regard to the
subject matter recited in independent claim 4. We therefore
will not sustain the rejection of claim 4 or, it follows, of
claims 6-8, which depend therefrom.
SUMMARY
The rejection is not sustained.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
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