Appeal No. 1998-0341
Application No. 08/476,293
through an organic-containing layer with inorganic
layers on the via sidewalls and over the organic-
containing layer. Whether the sidewalls of
limitation (e) are formed after an “etchant” step,
as Kokkotakis does, or before, as claimed, is not
determinative
of patentability absent proof by applicants that
prior art products do not necessarily or inherently
posses[s] characteristics of the claimed product,
In re Thorpe, et al., 227 USPQ 964.
(Answer-page 4.)
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