Appeal No. 2002-2118 Page 4
Application No. 09/010,614
anticipates a claim must focus on what subject matter is encompassed by the claim and
what subject matter is described by the reference. As set forth by the court in Kalman
v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert.
denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984), it is only necessary for the claims to "'read on' something
disclosed in the reference, i.e., all limitations of the claim are found in the reference, or
'fully met' by it."
Claim 1 reads as follows:
A process for manufacturing a microelectronic package which has at least
two sides, each side having a length, comprising:
frictionally attaching, along the length of at least two sides of the package,
without the use of an adhesive, a removable and temporary clip to the
microelectronic package, the clip having a top surface and at least two sides;
engaging the clip with a pick-and-place tool;
moving the package through a series of manufacturing steps; and
removing the clip.
The appellant argues (brief, p. 7) that Seto does not teach the "frictionally
attaching" step of claim 1. We agree.
Seto discloses an electrical connector 12 for mounting to a mounting surface of
an electrical apparatus, such as a printed circuit board (not shown), through the
engagement of a vacuum-suction nozzle (not shown). As shown in Figure 1, the top of
connector 12 is very irregular in shape and does not present any significant smooth
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