Appeal No. 1998-1571
Application No. 08/022,199
The subject matter on appeal relates to a method for
producing a cylindrical coil comprising the steps of imparting
a catalyst to the surface of a cylindrical substrate having a
particular range of heat conductivity, deactivating portions
of the catalyst via irradiation with a laser beam whereby
groove portions are formed by removing a part of the substrate
corresponding to the groove portions, and applying a plating
solution to the substrate which reacts with the catalyst
remaining on the substrate. Further details of this appealed
subject matter are set forth in representative independent
claim 9, a copy of which taken from the appellants’ brief is
appended to this decision.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Arima et al. (Arima) 4,361,597 Nov. 30,
1982
Halliwell et al. (Halliwell) 4,686,114 Aug.
11, 1987
Antoon 4,870,751 Oct. 3,
1989
Liu et al. (Liu) 4,882,200 Nov. 21,
1989
Morita et al. (Japanese) 62-218580 Sep.
25, 1987
All of the claims on appeal are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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