Appeal No. 2000-0713
Application 08/864,726
adhesive during the bonding process thereby ensuring
that no adhesive will extrude from the edges of the
bond.
Appeal Brief, pages 3-4. Air is eliminated from between the
package and heat sink by ?contacting the two components at the
apex of the preform adhesive and then collapsing the convex
surfaces together while joining the components." Appeal
Brief, page 3. The concave shape edges along the perimeter of
the preform adhesive allow the preform adhesive to get
progressively larger in area over the facing surfaces of the
package and heat sink during the bonding process. Id.
DISCUSSION
Claims 16-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as
anticipated by Prud'Homme. Anticipation requires the
disclosure, in a single prior art reference, of each element
of the claim under consideration. See W.L. Gore & Assocs. v.
Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1554, 220 USPQ 303, 313 (Fed.
Cir. 1983).
Prud'Homme discloses compositions for use in adhesives
for bonding the surfaces of electronic devices. Prud'Homme,
abstract. The compositions may be used as a starting material
in the manufacture of a preform such as a sheet, a tape, a
tablet, or a self-supporting film. Prud'Homme, column 20,
lines 41-43. The examiner takes the position that the term
?TABLET . . . is held/seen to encompass within its scope and
definition such entities/articles having opposed
contoured/non-planar surfaces, to include a 'pillow'
configuration as envisioned by appellants i.e. as in SOME
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