Appeal No. 2005-1695
Application No. 09/817,843
a conductive foil laminated to said major surface
wherein said foil has at least one side having a smooth
portion thereof and wherein said smooth portion contacts
said major surface of said dielectric packaging substrate.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Gotoh et al. (Gotoh) 6,204,454 Mar. 20, 2001
(filed: Dec. 28, 1998)
Elenius et al. (Elenius) 6,441,487 Aug. 27, 2002
(filed: Oct. 20, 1997)
Claims 1 through 3 and 17 through 21 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Elenius. Claims
35 through 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence
of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Elenius in view of
Gotoh.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the
examiner, reference is made to the brief and reply brief for
appellants’ positions, and to the answer for the examiner’s
positions.
OPINION
We reverse the rejection of claims 1 through 3 under
35 U.S.C. § 102 and the corresponding rejection of dependent
claims 35 through 37 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Independent claim 1 on appeal requires that the claimed
conductive foil be laminated to a major surface of a dielectric
packaging substrate. In the statement of the rejection at page
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