Appeal No. 2004-0620 Page 7
Application No. 09/698,898
Claims 4 and 10
We have also reviewed the Admitted Prior Art additionally applied in the rejection
of dependent claims 4 and 10 but find nothing therein which makes up for the
deficiencies of Farnworth and Lin '348 discussed above. Accordingly, the decision of
the examiner to reject claims 4 and 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is also reversed.
Claims 14 to 22
In the rejection of claims 14 to 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Farnworth in view of Lin '558 (answer, pp. 6-7), the examiner (1) set forth that
Farnworth discloses an electronic assembly comprising an inherent method including
providing a lead having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being
adapted to abut a side of a device, and the second portion having a first surface and an
opposing second surface; (2) set forth that Lin '558 discloses a lead comprising an
arcuate structure extending from the second surface of the lead (Fig. 5); (3) ascertained
that Farnworth does not disclose forming an arcuate structure extending from the
second lead surface; and (4) concluded that it would have been obvious to one skilled
in the art to modify the second lead portion of Farnworth to include an arcuate structure
extending from the second lead portion to accommodate a solder ball to improve the
electrical connection between the lead and the electrical contact on the substrate as
taught by Lin '558 (column 2, lines 19-24 and lines 36-38).
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