Appeal No. 1998-1408 Page 17
Application No. 08/569,529
35 U.S.C. § 103(a). Next, we address the obviousness of
claims 2-4.
Claims 2-4
The appellants argue, “Claim 2 ... further recites that
elongated conductors are printed on both sides of the flexible
dielectric sheet. In contrast, Dirks only teaches conductors
embedded within the molded bridges 23 and 24.” (Appeal Br. at
5.) They add, “Sato likewise teaches a single set of
conductors within the belt. Layton et al. teach a flex
circuit but conductors are printed only on one side of the
dielectric sheet.” (Id. at 6.) The examiner replies,
“Printed circuit conductors can be applied to one or both
sides of printed circuit board or sheet ....” (Examiner’s
Answer at 5.)
Claims 2-4 each specify in pertinent part the following
limitations: “said conductors are printed on one side of said
sheet and ... other elongated conductors printed on the other
side of said sheet ....” In other words, the limitations
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