Appeal No. 2005-2558
Application No. 10/408,149
regard to claims 33 and 43, one skilled in the art would have
readily appreciated applying additional conductive adhesive
elements while repairing if such was necessary in order to ensure
an adequate electrical connection between each lead and contact
site.
On page 13 of the reply brief, appellants argue that the
examiner’s position represents no more than the examiner’s
personal opinion because the examiner does not support this
position by evidence from the prior art. We are not persuaded by
this argument for the following reasons.
Claims 33 and 43 require that additional conductive adhesive
elements are applied before replacing the new component on the
substrate and before repositioning the misaligned component to
its correct position such that each additional conductive
adhesive element is on each contact pad.
Appellants are correct that the applied art does not
specifically discuss adding more conductive adhesive elements
before replacing or repositioning. We believe, however, that it
is within the purview of one skilled in the art to modify the
amount of adhesive needed to ensure sufficient bonding of the
parts. As such, we agree with the examiner’s statement made at
the bottom of page 15 of the answer where the examiner states
that the point of having an adhesive is to ensure adequate
adhesion, and one skilled in the art would have been motivated to
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