Appeal No. 2005-0479
Application No. 08/801,812
electrically conductive layer is formed on the seed layer and has
an energy absorbing layer formed thereon which causes the
conductive layer to flow within the recess when energy is applied
to the energy absorbing layer.
The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
follows:
(a) claims 1, 3-5, 7-11 and 36-45 over Xu '461 in view of
Xu '721;
(b) claims 2, 6 and 12-15 over Xu '461 in view of Xu '721
and Yim;
(c) claims 16-28 and 57-63 over Xu '461 in view of Xu '721
and Yim; and
(d) claims 46-56 over Xu '461 in view of Xu '721 and Yim.
Appellant submits at page 4 of the Brief that the following
groups of claims stand or fall together: (I) claims 1-15 and
36-45; (II) claims 16-28 and 57-63; and (III) claims 46-56.
However, since appellant has presented substantive arguments only
for the subject matter defined by claims 1 and 46, we will limit
our consideration to the examiner's rejections of claims 1 and
46.
We have thoroughly reviewed each of appellant's arguments
for patentability. However, we are in complete agreement with
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