Appeal No. 1998-0096
Application No. 08/518,182
Saito (JP4-6841) and Onozaki.
The 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) Rejection of Claim 27 Based on
the Combination of Fujimoto and Tsukagoshi, or in the
Alternative, the Combination Fujimoto, Saito (JP4-6841)
and Tsukagoshi
As discussed supra regarding claim 9, Fujimoto does not
disclose that the composite bumps having a polymer body are
provided on both "integrated circuit element input/output pad
and substrate input/output pad," and "the integrated circuit
element and said substrate" are brought together "so that said
composite bumps contact and are deformed during said contact"
(emphasis added). Both Saito (JP4-6841) and Tsukagoshi do not
make up for such deficiencies. With respect to claim 27,
which depends from claim 9, it follows that the examiner has
failed to establish a prima facie case of obviousness.
Accordingly, we do not sustain the obviousness rejection
of claim 27 based on the combination of Fujimoto and
Tsukagoshi, or in the alternative based on the combination of
Fujimoto, Saito (JP4-6841) and Tsukagoshi.
The 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) Rejection of Claim 30 Based on the
Combination of Fujimoto, Onozaki and Kanakarajan, or in the
Alternative, the Combination of Fujimoto,
Saito (JP4-6841), Onozaki and Kanakarajan
Claim 30, which depends from claim 9, further recites
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