Appeal No. 2005-0128
Application No. 10/120,158
Appellants’ invention relates to a lighting device for use in a LED device. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which is reproduced below.
1. An apparatus for use as a light emitting diode (LED) lighting device,
comprising:
a metal substrate having a surface;
a fired dielectric coating layer superimposed on the surface of the
metal substrate;
an electric circuit disposed upon the coating layer; and
a light emitting diode (LED) mounted on the substrate and
electrically connected to the circuit, whereby the metal substrate is a heat
sink for the LED.
The prior art of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims is as follows:
Hochstein 5,857,767 Jan. 12, 1999
Ellis et al. (Ellis) 6,233,817 May 22, 2001
Claims 1-4, 7-8,19, 21 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Hochstein in view of Ellis.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
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