Appeal No. 2003-0014 Page 2
Application No. 08/858,022
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method of processing a flexible substrate.
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 66,
which has been reproduced below.
The single prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting
the appealed claims is:
Iwamoto 5,869,150 Feb. 9, 1999
Claims 66-88 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Iwamoto.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the Answer
(Paper No. 30) and the final rejection (Paper No. 26) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the Brief (Paper No. 29) and Reply Brief
(Paper No. 31) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art reference, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
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