Appeal No. 2001-0326
Application 09/007,138
the Examiner’s Answer, the Examiner admits that Jimbo fails to
teach “conversion an from input representation to (Jimbo’s one
representation) an intermediate representation”. The Examiner
again provides an unsupported rationale that it would be obvious
that a “representation converting means converts one
representation to another representation, this would include
conversion from an input representation (Jimbo’s one
representation) to an intermediate representation (another
representation)”.
Upon review, we find that there is no evidence of record to
support converting an input representation of a pattern of
integrated circuit interconnects in a format suitable for a
circuit design program into an output representation in a format
suitable for a package design program, as required by claims 1,
12 and 23. The Examiner’s conclusory statements and unsupported
rationales do not constitute evidence. Broad conclusory
statements regarding the teaching of multiple references,
standing alone, are not "evidence." E.g., McElmurry v. Arkansas
Power & Light Co., 995 F.2d 1576, 1578, 27 USPQ2d 1129, 1131
(Fed. Cir.1993) "Mere denials and conclusory statements, however,
are not sufficient to establish a genuine issue of material
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