Ex parte LAFONTAINE et al. - Page 10




          Appeal No. 1998-1623                                                        
          Application 08/433,625                                                      



          i.e., the solder ball having two components is not met by                   
          Brady, and hence the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102 must fail              
          since each and every element of the claim is not found in                   
          Brady.                                                                      
               On page 5 of the answer, the Examiner points to column 7,              
          lines 56-57 which states that the solder region, element 55                 
          shown in Figure 3, may be formed of tin, lead, and indium or                
          the combinations thereof.  The Examiner argues that the                     
          combinations of tin, lead and indium is a three component                   
          solder region that reads on Appellants' claim language found                
          in claim 20.                                                                
















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