Appeal No. 2000-0806
Application No. 09/016,398
n.14 (Fed. Cir. 1992), citing In re Gordon, 733 F.2d 900, 902,
221 USPQ 1125, 1127 (Fed. Cir. 1984). "Obviousness may not be
established using hindsight or in view of the teachings or
suggestions of the inventor." Para-Ordnance, 73 F.3d at 1087,
37 USPQ2d at 1239, citing W. L. Gore & Assocs., 721 F.2d at
1551, 1553, 220 USPQ at 311, 312-13.
Appellant's claim 1 recites a semiconductor chip
having a plurality of connection pads; a carrier base having a
first surface to which the chip is mounted; a plurality of
conductors, each connected to a corresponding connection pad,
penetrating through the carrier base to the opposite, second
surface of the carrier base; a plurality of spherical-shaped
external connection terminals disposed on the second surface
of the carrier base, each electrically connected to a
corresponding conductor; a sealing resin layer surrounding a
periphery of the chip; and a reinforcement base, which along
with the carrier base sandwiches the semiconductor chip and
its associated resin layer, having the same coefficient of
thermal expansion as the carrier base, such
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