Appeal No. 2001-1572
Application 08/939,569
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a flat flexible dielectric substrate less than 0.050 inch
thick and having a generally round hole of a given diameter;
a substantially square terminal pin having rounded corners
inserted into the round hole in the substrate, the square pin
having a given cross-dimension between opposite corners thereof
greater than the diameter of the round hole; and
wherein the difference between the cross-dimension of the
square pin and the diameter of the round hole is on the order of
7% to 67% of the diameter of the hole
and wherein an improved electrical and mechanical interface
is created between the terminal pin and the flat flexible
substrate in the area about said hole such that a deformed
peripheral area of the flat flexible substrate applies normal
forces to the square pin.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Scholz 4,909,746 Mar. 20, 1990
Claims 1, 2, 4-9, 11-14 and 16-19 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers
Scholz taken alone.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
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