Appeal No. 2005-2530
Application No. 10/612,129
claimed subject matter to one of ordinary skill in the art. See
In re Bell, 991 F.2d 781, 783, 26 USPQ2d 1529, 1531 (Fed. Cir.
1993); In re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266 n.14, 23 USPQ2d 1780,
1783-84 n.14 (Fed. Cir. 1992); Uniroyal, Inc. v. Rudkin-Wiley
Corp., 837 F.2d 1044, 1051, 5 USPQ2d 1434, 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1988);
Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Delta Resins & Refractories, Inc., 776 F.2d
281, 293, 227 USPQ 657, 664 (Fed. Cir. 1985). In considering the
question of the obviousness of the claimed invention in view of
the prior art relied upon, the Examiner is expected to make the
factual determination set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383
U.S. 1, 17, 148 USPQ 459, 467 (1966), and to provide a reason why
one having ordinary skill in the pertinent art would have been
led to modify the prior art or to combine prior art references to
arrive at the claimed invention. See also In re Rouffet, 149
F.3d 1350, 1355, 47 USPQ2d 1453, 1456 (Fed. Cir. 1998).
A review of Lee confirms that the reference relates to a
chip scale package including an insulating substrate with a first
surface for bonding with the surface of a semiconductor circuit
chip (col. 2, lines 17-21). As shown in Figure 2 of Lee, the top
surface of a circuit substrate 120a, which includes conductive
traces for connection to a semiconductor chip, is attached to the
surface of semiconductor chip 130 bearing contact pads 131 using
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