Appeal No. 2002-2134 Page 2
Application No. 09/250,481
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method of bending portions of a single
circuit board so that integral portions of a single circuit board lie in different planes
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Wang et al. (Wang) 5,419,038 May 30, 1995
Weber 5,622,588 Apr. 22, 1997
Sakai 6,151,775 Nov. 28, 2000
Claims 1 to 3, 19 to 21, 23 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Wang.
Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Wang in view of Weber.
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Wang in view of Sakai.
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