Appeal No. 1998-0908
Application No. 08/506,292
compliant interconnect media have a “. . . plurality of
conductive fibers formed therethrough.” In contrast, each of the
King references utilizes conductive balls or spheres (King '241,
column 6, line 18; King '405, Figure 12) to provide a conductive
path through the interconnect insulating material. We would also
point out that the Examiner has as least impliedly recognized
this distinction by applying the Moriya reference to address this
deficiency in the 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection discussed infra.
Accordingly, since all of the claimed limitations are not
disclosed by King '241 or King '405, or inherent therein, the
Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) rejection of independent claims 57,
72, and 80, as well as claims 58, 66-71, 73-79, and 81-83
dependent thereon, is not sustained.
Turning our consideration to the Examiner’s initial
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of the appealed claims 57, 58, and
66-83 based on the combination of King '241 or King '405 in view
of Moriya, we note that as a general proposition in an appeal
involving a rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103, an Examiner is under
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