Appeal 2006-2671
Application 09/508,572
Claims 7 and 13 illustrate Appellants’ invention of a substrate board
for a micro hybrid integrated circuit, and are representative of the claims on
appeal:
7. A substrate board for a micro hybrid integrated circuit, comprising:
a porous ceramic body having cavities, the cavities being infiltrated
by a metallic substance, the ceramic body being covered by a metallic skin,
the metallic skin having at least one area of a reduced layer thickness, the at
least one area forming at least one depression for accommodating
components of the micro hybrid integrated circuit.
13. The substrate board according to claim 7, further comprising:
at least one insulating layer arranged on the metallic skin.
The Examiner relies on the evidence in these references:
MacNaughton US 5,374,592 Dec. 20, 1994
Ninomiya GB 2 311 414 A Sep. 24, 1997
Merchant US 6,157,082 Dec. 5, 2000
Appellants request review of the following grounds of rejection under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) (Br.1 2), the grounds all advanced on appeal:
claims 7 through 11 and 13 through 15 as unpatentable over Merchant in
view of Ninomiya (Answer 3-4); and
claims 7 through 11 and 13 through 15 as unpatentable over Merchant in
view of MacNaughton (id. 5-6).
Appellants argue claims 7 through 9 and 11 as a group, and
individually argue claims 10, 13, 14, and 15 with respect to the first ground
of rejection. Appellants argue claims 7 through 9, 11, and 14 as a group, and
individually argue claims 10, 13, and 15 with respect to the second ground
of rejection. Thus, we decide this appeal based on appealed claims
1 We consider the Brief filed July 8, 2005.
2
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