Appeal No. 2005-0918 Page 6
Application No. 09/785,423
holes formed by cutting.3 Likewise, the lead storing parts 34b' of the recesses 34' do
not assist separation of a tape carrier package part from a peripheral part.
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1
and 5, and claims 2 to 4 and 6 to 17 dependent thereon, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is
reversed.
3In our view, the term "cutting" as used in claim 1 to describe how the punching
holes are formed is a structural limitation entitled to patentable weight since cutting
imparts distinctive structural characteristics to the final product than does embossing.
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