Appeal No. 2005-0918 Page 2
Application No. 09/785,423
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a tape carrier package (TCP) film used for
fabricating a liquid crystal display. More particularly, the appellants' invention relates to
a TCP film having an enhanced mounting efficiency (specification, p. 1). A copy of the
claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Honda 4,702,370 Oct. 27, 1987
Hashimoto 6,297,964 Oct. 2, 2001
Claims 1 to 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Honda in view of Hashimoto. The basis for the rejection as set forth on pages 3-4 of the
examiner's answer (mailed August 19, 2004) is as follows:
Honda '370 discloses a tape carrier package film (synthetic resin carrier tape 30')
for electronic components, comprising: a tape carrier package part having a
mounting portion for a driving integrated circuit, wherein the tape carrier part is
defined by depressions (recess 34'), a peripheral part having a plurality of
sprocket holes (36'); and a plurality of punching holes (34b') formed by cutting a
pad of the tape carrier package part and a part of the peripheral pad which will
inherently reduce connection between the tape carrier package part and the
peripheral part and is formed along a border of the tape carrier package part and
the peripheral part. See Figure 4 embodiment. Honda '370 is silent about
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