Appeal No. 2001-2255
Application 09/027,856
possessed the properties that would enable its use as an
electroless plating resist. Of the potentially unlimited number
of materials which might have been used in the Burr device, the
examiner has provided no evidence to support the selection of the
particular material disclosed by Day. Day has been cited by the
examiner only in an attempt to reconstruct the invention in
hindsight.
For the reasons indicated, we have not sustained the
examiner’s rejection of the claims on appeal. Therefore, the
decision of the examiner rejecting claims 12-20 is reversed.
REVERSED
JERRY SMITH )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP ) BOARD OF PATENT
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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MAHSHID D. SAADAT )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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