Appeal No. 2000-0811
Application 08/964,734
examiner has not done. Accordingly, the rejection cannot be
sustained.
Claim 13 depends from claim 1 and adds the feature that the
plurality of solder members comprises a plurality of solder
columns. We take this feature to mean that the solder members
are arranged in the shape of columns and not that each solder
member is itself an extended column that continues for a
distance. For this feature, the examiner relied on Trabucco
‘848. We can see that recesses 430 for holding solder members in
a mold are arranged in the configuration of columns in Figure 4b
of Trabucco ‘848. See column 7, lines 12-18. The examiner in
his answer specifically refers to such recesses. Thus, the
examiner’s position has a plausible basis. The appellants,
however, do not explain why the examiner’s view with regard to
Trabucco ‘848 or how Trabucco ‘848 is combined with Trabucco ‘737
is erroneous or improper. We are unpersuaded by the appellants’
mere conclusion that the prior art does not suggest the subject
matter of claim 13. Accordingly, we will sustain the rejection
of claim 13.
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