Appeal 2006-3013
Application 10/367,849
Hashimoto US 6,295,043 B1 Sep. 25, 2001
The additional references we rely upon are:
Johannes Adam, New Correlations Between Electrical Current and
Temperature Rise in PCB Traces, 20th IEEE SEMI-THERM Symposium,
2004, available at
http://www.flomerics.com/flotherm/technical_papers/t341.pdf
Web-based document PCB Trace, HardwareBook (HwB), at
www.hardwarebook.info/PCB_trace (providing data tables for circuit board
trace width).
REJECTIONS AT ISSUE
Claims 14, 31, and 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Dingwall in view of Kawaguchi. The Examiner’s
rejection is on pages 3 and 4 of the Answer.
Claims 15, 22, and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Dingwall in view of Kawaguchi and Ota. The
Examiner’s rejection is on pages 4 and 5 of the Answer.
Claim 16 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Dingwall in view of Kawaguchi, Ota and Hashimoto. The
Examiner’s rejection is on page 5 of the Answer.
Claims 17 through 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Dingwall in view of Kawaguchi, Ota, Holmberg and
Hashimoto. The Examiner’s rejection is on page 6 of the Answer.
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