Appeal 2006-3236
Inter Partes Reexamination Control No. 95/000,006
is an intended use and is not part of the claimed structure, and the second
wall surface of Brahmbhatt is capable of contacting the side edge of an
"appropriately shaped" semiconductor integrated circuit and limiting
movement of the device (id. 5).
The Examiner finds that claim 16 is anticipated by Brahmbhatt even if
the "first surface of the main body" is interpreted to correspond to the
bottom surface 26 of the '595 patent (note that there is a § 112, second
paragraph, rejection as to what is meant by the "first surface") because the
upper part of surface portion 70 extends from the lower part of surface 68 in
a direction away from the bottom surface 22 (id. at 7).
In Respondent's Brief on Appeal, Requester offers a modified version
of Figure 7 showing a "first wall surface," a "second wall surface," and a
slanted "upper edge of said first wall surface," as reproduced below, where
the edge conforms with the Examiner's comment about a slanted edge.
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