Appeal No. 2002-1048
Application No. 09/172,734
sensor having a color filter array to a circuit board via a mass
reflow process. This subject matter is adequately represented by
independent claim 1 which reads as follows:
1. An imaging system comprising:
an image sensor having a color filter array, the
image sensor attached to a circuit board via a mass
reflow process, the image sensor for capturing image
data and providing the image data at an output.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness:
Denda 4,893,171 Jan. 9, 1990
Etchells et al. (Etchells) 5,536,908 Jul. 16, 1996
Brossart 5,550,087 Aug. 27, 1996
Claims 1, 3-6 and 8-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Etchells in view of Denda, and
claims 7 and 14-20 stand correspondingly rejected over these
references and further in view of Brossart.
Rather than reiterate the respective positions advocated by
the appellants and by the examiner concerning the above noted
rejections, we refer to the brief and the reply brief and to the
answer for a complete exposition thereof.
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