Appeal No. 2006-1467 Page 10
Application No. 10/302,271
directed at the opposite side of the package from the solder
balls 66." See page 5 of the reply briefs. However,
representative claim 1 does not require that hot air is directed
to a particular side of a head gimbal assembly including solder
ball connected components. Rather, representative claim 1 merely
requires that a hot air gun is directed to the solder ball
without any requirement for direct hot air contact with a solder
ball. Moreover, even if a hot air gun arrangement/direction for
direct hot air contact with a solder ball were required in
claim 1, we agree with the examiner that Kirkland clearly depicts
an arrangement that allows for such direct hot air contact with
the solder ball(s) to be melted. See page 7 of the answer, and
arrows (74, Figures 4 and 5) and the corresponding text of
Kirkland.
Consequently, we are persuaded by the evidence before us
that one of ordinary skill in the art armed with the teachings of
Kirkland and Kolesar together with those of Sluzewski would have
been led to employ heated air supplied using a repair station
nozzle/gun as taught by Kirkland with a fixture for holding the
assembly as suggested by Kolesar in carrying out the solder ball
melting of Sluzewski. Moreover, we determine that such a
modified repair operation would be attended by a reasonable
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