Appeal No. 1999-0727
Application No. 08/814,901
Knopp 93/26145 Dec. 23, 1993
(Published International (PCT) Application)
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1 through 3 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable
over the combined disclosures of Knopp, Schneble and Leech;
(2) Claims 4 through 6 and 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Knopp, Schneble,
Leech and Bengston; and
(3) Claims 7, 9 and 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable
over the combined disclosures of Knopp, Schneble, Leech and
Shigemura.
Upon careful review of the claims, specification and
applied prior art, including the arguments advanced by both the
examiner and appellants in support of their positions, we
conclude that the examiner's § 103 rejections are not well-
founded. Accordingly, we reverse each of the foregoing § 103
rejections. Our reasons for this determination follow.
The examiner finds (Supplemental Answer, pages 3 and 4) and
appellants acknowledge (Brief, pages 4 and 5) that Knopp
discloses all the claimed printed circuit board making process
steps, except for the claimed step of “applying a register
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