Ex Parte Koeneman et al - Page 2




               Appeal No. 2005-2353                                                                           Page 2                   
               Application No. 10/028,860                                                                                              



                                                          BACKGROUND                                                                   
                       The appellants' invention relates to the field of integrated circuit packages.  ln                              
               particular, the invention relates to an apparatus and method of cooling an integrated                                   
               circuit package (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:                                                                                                    
               Patel                                   5,396,403                               Mar. 7, 1995                            
               Fujisaki et al. (Fujisaki)              5,763,950                               June 9, 1998                            
               Lin et al. (Lin)                        6,188,578                               Feb. 13, 2001                           


                       Claims 1, 2, 6, 7, 12 to 16 and 27 to 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)                                
               as being anticipated by Fujisaki.                                                                                       


                       Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                                        
               Fujisaki in view of Patel.                                                                                              


                       Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                                        
               Fujisaki in view of Patel and Lin.                                                                                      








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