Appeal No. 2002-2134 Page 4
Application No. 09/250,481
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."
Claims 1 and 19, the independent claims on appeal, read as follows:
1. A method of forming a circuit board with electronic assemblies lying in
different planes, comprising:
providing said circuit board with said electronic assemblies and a
connecting lead thereon;
forming a channel in a surface of said circuit board opposite said
connecting lead, said channel dividing said circuit board into a first portion and a
second portion; and
bending said circuit board at said channel so that said second portion is at
an angle of between 0 and 180 degrees relative to said first portion.
19. A method of forming a circuit board with electronic assemblies lying in
different planes, comprising:
providing said circuit board with said electronic assemblies thereon, at
least one channel of a predetermined depth in a first surface of said circuit
board, and a connecting lead on a second surface of said circuit board opposite
said at least one channel, said at least one channel dividing said circuit board
into first and second portions, said connecting lead electrically interconnecting a
first of said electronic assemblies on said first portion with a second of said
electronic assemblies on said second portion; and
bending said circuit board at said at least one channel between said first
and second portions of the circuit board so that said first portion is displaced
between 0 and 180 degrees from said second portion.
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