Appeal No. 1997-3152 Page 12
Application No. 08/116,305
(brief, pages 10 and 11) that reference numeral 24 of Atobe
does not refer to an interposer ring. The examiner further
asserts (answer, page 4) that reference numeral 20 of Atobe
refers to
the interposer ring. We find no teaching in Atobe to
establish that the indicating mechanism 20 functions as an
interposer ring, and the examiner has not provided any
teaching in Atobe to
establish that indicating mechanism 20 of Atobe serves any
other purpose other than a link between the linking mechanism
18 and the stage 14 or its support bar 16 (translation, page
7).
The appellants further assert (brief, page 11) that
Atobe’s interlinking piece 18 protects against elongation and
deformation of the inner leads 12, and that there is no
disclosure in Atobe of utilizing linking mechanism 18 as an3
interposer ring. We agree. Atobe discloses (translation,
page 10) that
Sixth process: Linking mechanism removal
Next, the interface between the front end of
3Reference numeral 18 is also referred to as “interlinking.”
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