Appeal No. 1998-1616
Application No. 08/570,633
depositing metal on a planar substrate having openings passing
through the full thickness of the substrate. A further
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced in the appendix to
appellants’ main brief.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Altenpohl et al. (Altenpohl) 2,912,369 Nov.
10, 1959
Burke, Jr. (Burke) 3,892,698 Jul. 1,
1975
Minten et al. (Minten) 4,619,741 Oct. 28,
1986
Thorn et al. (Thorn) 5,476,580 Dec. 19,
1995
(filed May 3, 1994)
Claims 1-4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 13-20 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Minten in view of
Altenpohl.
Claims 8, 9, 12 and 21-23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Minten in view of Altenpohl,
and further in view of Thorn and Burke.
Reference is made to appellants’ main and reply briefs
(Paper Nos. 11 and 13) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No.
12) for the respective positions of appellants and the
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