Appeal No. 2003-2136 Page 5
Application No. 09/562,952
as representative of all claims in that group and to decide the appeal of that rejection
based solely on the selected representative claim." McDaniel, 293 F.3d at 1383, 63
USPQ2d at 1465.
Here, the appellants stipulate, "[c]laims 7, 9, 15 and 17 stand or fall together."
(Appeal Br. at 5.) Although they allege that "[c]laims 8 . . . [and] 11-14 . . . each stands
or falls alone," (id.), they fail to satisfy the second requirement. The appellants offer no
arguments specific to claims 8, 11, and 14. Their arguments allegedly "[r]egarding
claims 12 and 13," (id. at 12), moreover, address limitations of claim 7. Therefore,
claims 8-15 and 17 stand or fall with representative claim 7.
With this representation in mind, rather than reiterate the positions of the
examiner or the appellants in toto, we address the following points of contention
therebetween:
- combining Oshima '198 and Osamura
- chip area vis-á-vis electrode area
- properties of molten bond.
1. Combining Oshima '198 and Osamura
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