Appeal No. 2003-0016 Page 2
Application No. 09/400,613
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates particularly to techniques for making electrical
contacts for microelectric devices such as integrated circuit devices and contacts
utilized with such devices (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:
Thompson, Sr. 5,740,730 Apr. 21, 1998
Gademann et al. (Gademann) 5,866,951 Feb. 2, 1999
Claims 27 to 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as
being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which the appellants regard as the invention.
Claims 16, 20 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Gademann.
Claims 17 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Gademann in view of Thompson.
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