Appeal No. 1999-0493
Application No. 08/649,504
Advisory Action dated Apr. 20, 1998, Paper No. 9). Claims 1-4, 1
6, 7, 9, 11 and 13-32 are the only claims remaining in this
application.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to an
electronic assembly that includes a force bearing member that
maintains contact between components in the assembly where this
member is made from a specific elastomeric composition that is
curable at room temperature in less than about 20 minutes
(Brief, page 1). A copy of illustrative independent claim 1 is
attached as an Appendix to this decision.
The claims on appeal stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as unpatentable over appellants’ own admission
(specification, page 1, line 22 to page 5, line 25) in view of
Yoshino et al. (Yoshino), U.S. Patent No. 4,879,339, issued on
Nov. 7, 1989. We reverse this rejection essentially for the
1The rejections of various claims under the first and
second paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. § 112 as set forth in the final
Office action (Paper No. 6, mailed Dec. 22, 1997) have been
overcome in view of the entry of this amendment (Brief, page
1). All reference to and citation from the Brief is from the
supplemental or amended Brief dated Aug. 12, 1998, Paper No.
14.
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