Appeal No. 1998-0912
Application 08/413,521
recognizable ‘heart’ of the invention." Para-Ordnance Mfg. v.
SGS Importers Int’l, Inc., 73 F.3d 1085, 1087, 37 USPQ2d 1237,
1239 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (citing W. L. Gore & Assocs., Inc. v.
Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1548, 220 USPQ 303, 309 (Fed.
Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 851 (1984)).
With regard to claim 1, the Examiner reasons that
Chardine teaches the claimed invention except for using the
hydrophobic liquid 10 in an amount sufficient to form a
compressible bubble at the top of the container. The Examiner
notes that Bolton uses a hydrophobic liquid with an electronic
circuit in an amount sufficient to submerge the circuit, yet
leave a compressible bubble at the top of the container to
permit volumetric thermal expansion and contraction of the
liquid 11 (answer-page 5). The Examiner states:
Therefore, it would have been obvious to
one having ordinary skill in the art at the time the
invention was made to provide the package for hybrid
electronic circuits of Chardine with a bubble at the
top 20 of the package to provide for volumetric
thermal expansion and contraction of Chardine’s
liquid 10 in view of the teaching of Bolton et al.
[Answer-page 6.]
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