Appeal No. 2001-1572
Application 08/939,569
decision. Arguments which appellants could have made but chose
not to make in the brief have not been considered and are deemed
to be waived by appellants [see 37 CFR § 1.192(a)].
With respect to each of the independent claims on appeal,
the examiner finds that Scholz teaches the claimed invention
except for the specific thickness of the substrate. The examiner
finds that it would have been obvious to modify the substrate of
Scholz by employing a thickness less than 0.050 inches because it
would only have involved a change in size [answer, pages 3-4].
Appellants argue that Scholz relates to a rigid circuit
board with plated-through holes rather than a flexible substrate
as claimed. Appellants note that the interface created between
a rigid circuit board and a pin is substantially different from
that of a flexible circuit and a pin and requires the
consideration of completely different technologies. Appellants
argue that the rigid circuit structure of Scholz does not support
the examiner’s findings with respect to the claimed flexible
circuit structure [brief, pages 5-9].
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