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                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                          
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                            
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                
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                       Ex parte CHI-SEN HSU, SHU-LING FENG and YUN-WEN LIAO                              
                                          Appeal No. 2005-0968                                           
                                        Application No. 09/998,343                                       
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                                                ON BRIEF                                                 
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               Before HAIRSTON, SAADAT, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.                     
               MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                   


                                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                             

                     This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-12.               

                                                Invention                                                


                     Appellants’ invention relates to a system and method for managing the work          
               in process (WIP) workload within the fabrication facility comprises:                      
               (1) a means for storing identifying information for a work in process (WIP) workload      
               lot; (2) a means for accessing the identifying information for the work in process        
               (WIP) workload lot; and (3) a means for requesting and effecting a change in              
               production of the work in process (WIP) workload lot after accessing the identifying      
               information for the work in process (WIP) workload lot, wherein the means for             
               requesting the change in production of the work in process (WIP) workload lot             





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