Appeal No. 2001-0176 Page 2
Application No. 08/958,595
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. An EMI shield comprising
a thin-walled shape formed of thermoformable polymeric
material,
said shape having an outer surface and an inner surface and
edges,
said shape having deposited thereon a coating of conductive
metal vapor,
said coating of thickness of approximately 1 to 50 microns.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Shimmyo 5,008,487 Apr. 16, 1991
Gallagher 5,214,242 May 25, 1993
Koskenmaki et al. (Koskenmaki) 5,226,210 Jul. 13, 1993
Claims 1-5, 10, 12-15 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Koskenmaki. Claims 6, 7, 9, 18
and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Koskenmaki in view of Gallagher. Claims 8, 11, 16 and 17
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Koskenmaki in view of Gallagher and Shimmyo.
We refer to appellant’s briefs and to the examiner’s answer
for an exposition of the respective viewpoints expressed by
appellant and the examiner concerning the rejections.
OPINION
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