Appeal No. 2004-2226
Application NO. 10/066,421
support in the illustration in the drawings of interposer pads 21
as not being connected to a voltage source.3
Finally, the examiner refers to subject matter which
previously had been recited in claims 3, 16 and 22, but is not
currently recited in the claims. Such unclaimed subject matter
does not provide any basis to reject the current claims under the
written description requirement.
In light of the foregoing, we shall not sustain the standing
35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, rejection of claims 1, 2 and 4
through 21.
IV. The 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) rejection of claims 1, 2 and 4 through
21 as being anticipated by Schmidt
Schmidt discloses an assembly carrier 1 comprising a
plurality of connections 5 on an electronic component 2 (e.g., an
integrated circuit), a plurality of conductor paths 3 spaced from
the connections 5, a plurality of connection surfaces 4 disposed
between the connections 5 and the conductor paths 3, wires 6
bridging respective connections 5 and connection surfaces 4, and
wires 7 bridging respective connection surfaces 4 and conductor
paths 3. Each wire 6 is attached to its connection 5 with a ball
3 The examiner has not challenged the appellants’ assertion
in the supplemental brief that the term “electrically floats”
means that “the interposer pad is not connected to a voltage
source” (page 3).
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