Appeal No. 1999-1121
Application No. 08/752,865
The disclosed invention relates to an electrically
conductive wire that has first and second solder balls
fixed on the wire. The two solder balls are separated by
flux fixed on the wire.
Claim 3 is the only independent claim on appeal, and
it reads as follows:
3. An apparatus comprising
a. an electrically conductive wire;
b. a first solder ball fixed on said wire;
c. a second solder ball fixed on said wire,
said second ball being distinct from
said first ball; and
d. flux fixed on said wire and separating
said first and second solder balls.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Krueger 3,889,364 Jun. 17, 1975
Siden 3,925,596 Dec. 9, 1975
Gurevich et al. (Gurevich) 5,298,877 Mar. 29, 1994
Fukuhara 1 052 475 Apr. 10, 1979
(Published Canadian Patent Application)
Claims 3 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as being anticipated by Krueger.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Krueger in view of Gurevich.
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