Appeal No. 2001-0106
Application 08/855,811
rejections over Thomson, Pleuddemann and Hahn, and the Examiner has not pointed to
the missing elements, the rejections of claims 1, 3, 5, 8, and 10 under 35 U.S.C. §102
over Thomson, Pleuddemann, and Hahn individually in Rejections A and B are
reversed.
Turning now to the corresponding §103 rejections in Rejections A and B over
Thomson, Pleuddemann, and Hahn, the Appellant states that:
The Examiner has also rejected claims 1, 5, 8, and 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being obvious over Thomson. Such a rejection is not understood since, as
pointed out above, Thomson does not teach a conductive adhesive being used in
conjunction with a coupling agent and a substrate for any reason, nor is there
any reference that would suggest modifying Thomson to use a conductive
adhesive for a purpose not disclosed in any reference. (Appeal Brief, page 7,
lines 12-16).
and
The Examiner has further rejected claims 1, 3, and 8 as obvious over either
Pluddemann [sic] or Hahn et al. Again, there is no suggestion in either of these
references individually to modify or change the teaching of the coupling agent to
promote adhesion between a nonconductive adhesive and a substrate to the use
of a coupling agent not to improve adhesion but to improve electrical properties
between a substrate and a conductive adhesive. There just is no suggestion in
these references….(Appeal Brief, page 11, lines 8-13).
The Examiner has provided somewhat conclusory statements in support of the
§103 rejections - “Any differences which might possibly/conceivably exist between this
envisioned, claimed invention and the teachings of this reference do NOT constitute
patentable differences” (Examiner’s answer, page 4, lines 12-14, referring to Thomson)
and “any differences which might possibly/conceivably exist between this envisioned,
claimed invention and the teachings of either of these references do not constitute
patentable differences” (Examiner’s Answer, page 5, lines 3-5, referring to
Pleuddemann and Hahn).
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