Appeal No. 1998-1408 Page 16
Application No. 08/569,529
respective conductors of a PCB. Specifically, “even if a
surface-mounted-type substrate with no through holes is used,
the same results are obtained.” Translation, p. 4.
Dirks, in turn, discloses surface bonding conductors of a
dielectric sheet to respective conductors of a PCB.
Specifically, “The leads 5 of bridge 3 is mated to the surface
of the PC board, or alternatively inserted through openings in
the PC board. The preferred embodiment has leads 5 and 6
which mate to the surface of the PC board.” Col. 4, ll. 50-
53.
In view of these disclosures, we are persuaded that the
teachings of Sato, Layton, and Dirks in combination with the
prior art as a whole would have suggested the claimed
limitations of “a flex circuit comprising a flexible
dielectric sheet ... conductors of said flex circuit being
surface bonded to respective conductors of said printed
circuit board ....” Therefore, we affirm the rejection of
claims 1 and 5-7 under
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