Appeal No. 2000-0159
Application 08/688,073
solder balls 56 may be used with electrical conductive pins 58,
this noted portion at column 6 of Gaudenzi indicates that solder
columns may be used with the electrical conductive pins 58
instead. If anything, Gaudenzi teaches an equivalence of solder
balls to solder columns and not solder columns to conductive pins
as suggested by the examiner’s reasoning.
Therefore, Gaudenzi does not teach or suggest to the artisan
the use of two sets of solder columns of different cross-
sectional area as claimed. This column 6 location of Gaudenzi
does not teach or suggest to the artisan the substitutability of
solder columns for the conductive pins 58 in Gaudenzi’s Figures
6-8 as urged by the examiner. Gaudenzi teaches to substitute the
use of solder balls or solder columns, either of which must be
used with a conductive pins taught in this reference.
In view of the foregoing considerations, the examiner has
not set forth a prima facie case of obviousness of independent
claims
1 and 21 on appeal. Therefore, the decision of the examiner
rejecting these claims and their respective dependent claims must
be reversed.
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