Appeal No. 1999-1121
Application No. 08/752,865
second solder balls (Krueger, claim 4 and column 3, lines
61 through 64).
Appellants argue (brief, page 4) that “the flattened
solder elements are not balls as claimed.” Appellants’
argument is not well received in that neither the
disclosed and claimed balls nor the balls in Krueger are
balls in the classical sense since they are not
completely spherical in shape. If the claimed solder
elements are balls, then the solder elements 4 and 4' in
Krueger are balls. Thus, we agree with the examiner
(answer, page 7) that “there is no structure recited in
claim 3 which would preclude Krueger’s elements 4 and 4'
from serving as the first and second solder balls.” With
respect to claim 6, we agree with the examiner (answer,
page 4) that “[t]he disclosed dipping of each of the
loops 3 and 3' into a molten bath of solder would result
in solder being applied to the exterior as well as the
interior of the loop, thus disposing solder substantially
around the wire 1, as recited by Applicants.”
Appellants acknowledge (brief, page 4) that
Krueger’s flux covers the flattened solder elements and
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