Appeal No. 2000-1402
Application No. 08/755,052
positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
At the outset, we note that, in accordance with the grouping
of the claims at page 4 of the brief, all claims are to stand or
fall together. However, appellants argue the limitations of
various claims. Accordingly, we will focus our attention
primarily on independent claim 1 but will also respond to
appellants’ comments regarding other claims specifically argued.
With regard to claims 1, 2, 5 and 7, the examiner contends
that the subject matter of these claims is anticipated by
Pritchard, pointing to Figure 2 of Pritchard. Specifically, the
examiner points to Pritchard’s Pb conductor strips 40 and 42,
separated by insulative layer 70, as corresponding to the claimed
first and second legs of a planar wire. The examiner identifies
neck portion 50 as corresponding to the claimed second planar
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