Appeal No. 2002-1061 Page 2
Application No. 09/358,365
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method for producing double-sided wiring
board. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants'
brief.
The prior art of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims is:
Adlam et al. (Adlam) 5,861,076 Jan. 19, 1999
Kajita et al. (Kajita) 5,953,634 Sep. 14, 1999
The examiner also relied upon the appellants' admission of prior art (specification, page
1, line 8 to page 3, line 9; Figures 7(a) to 11) relating to a method of making a
conventional doubled-sided wiring board (Admitted Prior Art).
Claims 1 and 7 to 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over the Admitted Prior Art in view of Adlam.
Claims 2 to 4, 10, 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the Admitted Prior Art in view of Adlam as applied to claim 1 above,
and further in view of Kajita.1
1 The examiner included claims 11 and 12 in the statement of this rejection (see page 4 of the
answer). However, claims 11 and 12 have been withdrawn from consideration "as not directed to the
elected claims 1-4, 7-10 and 13-14" (see page 2 of the answer). In addition, page 2 of the brief states that
"[c]laims 1-4, 7-10, 13 and 14 are on appeal." Accordingly, we consider claims 11 and 12 to be withdrawn
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