Appeal No. 1998-3131 Page 8
Application No. 08/192,224
23 USPQ2d at 1784 (citing In re Gordon, 733 F.2d 900, 902, 221
USPQ 1125, 1127 (Fed. Cir. 1984)).
Here, although Chan discloses "an underlying thin film
substrate and barrier layer portion 16," col. 2, ll. 53-54,
the portion is not flexible. To the contrary, it is rigid.
Specifically, "[t]he substrate and barrier layer portion 16 of
the thin film printhead 12 will typically consist in layer
sequence of a glass or silicon substrate underlayer, a SiO2
surface barrier layer, a tantalum-aluminum resistor layer, an
aluminum conductive trace material, a silicon nitride and
silicon
carbide composite passivation layer, and a polyimid barrier
layer such as a VACREL polymer made by the DuPont Company."
Col. 3, ll. 8-15. The examiner fails to allege, let alone
show, that the addition of Barbero, Hoisington, or Nozawa
cures the deficiency of Chan.
Because Chan teaches a rigid substrate and barrier layer
portion, we are not persuaded that teachings from the applied
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