Appeal No. 2002-2134 Page 7
Application No. 09/250,481
The wires extend between the contact pads of each connector across an
intermediate body comprising the substrate and the dielectric layers. The
intermediate body is removed so that the connectors are mechanically and
electrically connected to each other by the plurality of wires. The flexible wire
connection between corresponding connectors allows the thin-film interconnector
to accommodate electrical connection with electrical components positioned in
different planes of orientation.
The appellants argue through both briefs that independent claims 1 and 19 are
not anticipated by Wang's completed thin-film interconnector 12 (see Figures 1, 2, 7
and 9-12). We agree. In that regard, we consider Wang's completed thin-film
interconnector (i.e, after the intermediate body has been removed, forming the
connectors 14 that are electrically and mechanically connected to each other by only
the plurality of wires 16) to constitute two circuit boards (i.e., connectors 14)
interconnected by a plurality of wires 16. As such, Wang's completed thin-film
interconnector does not have a channel formed in a surface of a circuit board as recited
in claims 1 and 19.
Since all the limitations of claims 1 and 19 are not disclosed in Wang for the
reasons set forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject independent claims 1
and 19, and claims 2, 3, 20, 21, 23 and 24 dependent thereon, under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) is reversed.
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