Appeal No. 2001-2455
Application 08/439,490
generated necessitating the cooling of the sputtering target.
Id., page 3. Cooling is usually accomplished by circulating
fluids to conduct heat from the target, the circulating fluids
usually being in thermal contact with the back of the target.
Id. “The present invention provides . . . [a] target assembly
that includes a replaceable target and a cooling jacket, with the
target assembly being removable from the cathode assembly of the
sputter coating machine with the target and cooling jacket still
assembled.” Id.
DISCUSSION
The initial burden of presenting a prima facie case of
obviousness rests on the examiner. In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443,
1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443, 1444 (Fed. Cir. 1992). In order to
establish a prima facie case of obviousness, the examiner must
identify a suggestion or motivation to modify the teachings of
the cited references to achieve the claimed invention. In re
Kotzab, 217 F.3d 1365, 1370, 55 USPQ2d 1313, 1316-17 (Fed. Cir.
2000). “[A] rejection cannot be predicated on the mere
identification . . . of individual components of claimed
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