Appeal No. 2005-0142 Page 3
Application No. 09/904,246
an electrical connection including a first contact on said circuit
board, a second contact on said display panel, and a conductor coupling
said first and second contacts and extending generally along said plane.
Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over U.S. Patent
No. 6,265,986 ("Oka") and U.S. Patent No. 6,274,391 ("Wachtler"). Claims 6, 7, and 10
stand rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over Oka; Wachtler; and U.S. Patent
Application Publ'n No. 2002/0054037 ("Kawano"). Claims 8 and 9 stand rejected under
§ 103(a) as obvious over Oka; Wachtler; Kawano; and U.S. Patent No. 5,253,091
("Kimura").
II. OPINION
Rather than reiterate the positions of the examiner or the appellant in toto, we
focus on the points of contention therebetween. The examiner finds, "Wachtler teaches
. . . a first contact (pad) on circuit board, a second contact (pad 20) on the semi-
conductor device, and a conductor (solder ball 22) coupling the first and second
contacts. . . ." (Examiner's Answer at 3.) She then asserts,"Fig. 6 of Wachtler clearly
shows the contacts and solder balls are provided extending along the whole plane of the
device." (Id.) The appellant argues, "[r]egardless of whether the solder balls are
distributed across the plane, they themselves do not extend along that plane." (Reply
Br. at 3.)
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