Appeal 2006-1454
Application 09/004,524
Patent 5,483,421
51. On June 29, 1993, the Examiner entered a Final Office Action (“Final
Action”).
52. Claims 1, 2, 4-8, and 10-14 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the following prior art:
(1) Applicants’ Acknowledged Prior Art (AAPA).
(2) Ushifusa, U.S. Patent 4,821,142.
(3) Ogihara, European Patent Application 0337686.
53. Ushifusa and Ogihara are prior art vis-à-vis applicant under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
54. The Examiner held that the AAPA, Ushifusa, and Ogihara rendered
obvious the subject matter of amended claims 1, 2, 4-8, and 10-12, and new
claims 13-14.
55. In the Final Action at page 3, the Examiner held with respect to
amended claims 1 and 7 that:
Regarding the circuit board material and expansion coefficient,
the Examiner points to page 5 line 15 of the instant application
wherein the applicant acknowledges that glass filled epoxy circuit
boards are recognized in the art.
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