Appeal No. 1998-1408 Page 19
Application No. 08/569,529
Id. at 1266, 23 USPQ2d at 1784, (citing In re Gorman, 933 F.2d
982, 987, 18 USPQ2d 1885, 1888 (Fed. Cir. 1991)).
Although Layton teaches printing elongated conductors 22
on a flexible, dielectric substrate, it does not teach
printing the conductors on both sides of the substrate. To
the contrary, the secondary reference shows that the
conductors are printed only on one side thereof. Fig. 6. For
its part, Dirks does not teach printing elongated conductors
on a flexible sheet at all, let alone printing the conductors
on both sides of such a sheet. The examiner fails to allege,
let alone show, that Sato remedies the defects of Layton and
Dirks.
The examiner also fails to allege, let alone show, that
the prior art would have suggested the desirability of
printing elongated conductors on both sides of the flexible,
dielectric sheet. To the contrary, he makes the following
admission.
With applicant's dielectric sheet 50 separating the
top conductors from the bottom conductors, it would
appear that it would be more difficult to connect the
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