Appeal No. 1998-0096
Application No. 08/518,182
We are mindful that application drawings may provide the
written description requirement as required by the first
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112. See Vas-Cath Inc. v. Mahurkar,
935 F.2d 1555, 1564, 19 USPQ2d 1111, 1117 (Fed. Cir. 1991).
Here, all appellants’ Figures 1-10 illustrate polymer body and
composite bumps that have an arc-shaped (not circular)
vertical cross section area. Moreover, there is nothing in
those drawings which disclose that the cross section area of
the single polymer body is smaller than that of the pads. On
the contrary, these drawings illustrate that the vertical
cross section area of the single polymer body is larger than
that of the pads. With respect to the size and shape of the
horizontal cross section area of the polymer body and the
composite bumps, appellants’ drawings implicitly or explicitly
illustrate none.
DECISION
The decision of the examiner rejecting claims 7, 11, 15
and 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) is affirmed. However, the
decision of the examiner rejecting claims 7, 8, 11, 15 and 18
under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) and claims 8 through 10, 12 through 14, 16,
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