Appeal No. 2001-0106
Application 08/855,811
(4) electrical connections can be made by adhering an end of the tape against a
set of terminal pads, with individual stripes on the tape in alignment with
individual pads (column 1, lines19-22).
(5) adhesive layer thicknesses can be from 25 to 550 micrometers (column 5,
lines 49-50)
Stow discloses at least:
(1) electrically conductive stripes (column 2, line 40)
(2) a layer of conductive adhesive (column 2, lines 40-42)
(3) an interacted functionally reactive organosilane coupling agent (column 4,
lines 40-41)
(4) electrical connections by adhering an end of the tape against a set of terminal
pads, with the individual stripes on the tape in alignment with the individual
pads (column 1, lines 24-27)
(5) adhesive layer thicknesses can be from 25 to 550 micrometers (column 5,
lines 34-35)
It would have been obvious to one of skill in the art at the time the invention was
made to modify the teachings of Tollefson and Stow to apply the organosilane as a
single or double coupling layer instead of as a copolymer, as it is well known that
coupling layers can be pre-applied (see, e.g. the teachings of Thomson, column 2, line
67 – column 3, line 8; Pleuddemann, column 2, lines 50-57). Claims 1 and 10 are
therefore obvious. Claim 6 requires an electrically conductive adherend, which is
satisfied by the teaching of adhering terminal pads through the adhesive conductive
layer. Claim 6 is therefore obvious. Claim 7 requires an additional layer. The Tollefson
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