Appeal 2007-3964
Application 10/295,060
electrical interconnection structure extending between the front side of the
solar cell and the second diode terminal.
The Examiner relies on the evidence in these references:
Feinberg US 4,636,578 Jan. 13, 1987
Cavicchi US 5,425,816 Jan. 20, 1995
Kukulka US 5,616,185 Apr. 1, 1997
Glenn2 US 6,531,653 B1 Nov. 6, 2001
Müller3 US 6,452,086 B1 Sep. 17, 2002
Appellants request review of the following grounds of rejection
advanced on appeal (Br. 4):
claims 7, 11 through 13, 15, 18, and 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Kukulka (Answer 4);
claims 7, 11 through 13, 15, 18, and 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
anticipated by Müller (id. 5);
claims 1 through 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Cavicchi in
view of Kukulka (id. 6);
claim 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Kukulka in view of
Feinberg (id. 8);
2 The Examiner cites Glenn in stating the ground of rejection (Answer 9),
but cites Glenn US 6,313,396 B1 in the section (8) Evidence Relied Upon
(Answer 3). We consider Glen as applied by the Examiner and argued by
Appellants (see Office Action 9; Br. 38).
3 We have considered Müller with respect to the ground of rejection
advanced on appeal, which reference is applicable under § 102(e) (2002).
This is the reference applied in fact by the Examiner and argued by
Appellants (see, e.g., Office Action 3; Answer 5; Br. 11-12). We note that a
translation of Müller WO 00/21138 A1 prepared for the USPTO by Ralph
McElroy Translation Company (PTO 07-1615 January 2007) was not
entered into the official electronic records of the USPTO until the Office
Communication of July 26, 2007 in response to the Order by the Board
entered July 3, 2007.
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