Ex Parte Kim et al - Page 3

                Appeal 2007-1904                                                                               
                Application 10/790,081                                                                         
                      34. An apparatus for coating a photosensitive layer on a substrate,                      
                comprising:                                                                                    
                      a support supporting a substrate having a plurality of unit substrates                   
                on which a photosensitive material is coated;                                                  
                      a coater including a discharging unit for discharging the                                
                photosensitive material onto the unit substrate and a transfer unit for moving                 
                the discharging unit along a surface of the substrate, the coater coating the                  
                photosensitive layer on the substrate by the unit substrate;                                   
                      a detector disposed in front of the coater, the detector detecting                       
                foreign matters on the surface of the substrate; and                                           
                      a controller controlling the coater and the detector.                                    
                      The Examiner has relied upon the following prior art references as                       
                evidence of unpatentability:                                                                   
                Morton   US 3,753,085   Aug. 14, 1973                                                          
                Benner   US 3,924,565   Dec. 9, 1975                                                           
                Chase    US 5,575,852   Nov. 19, 1996                                                          
                Kaya    US 6,398,870 B1   Jun. 4, 2002                                                         

                      The Examiner has rejected the claims on appeal as follows1:                              
                      1) Claims 34 through 36 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable                         
                over the combined disclosures of Kaya and Morton; and                                          
                      2) Claims 34 through 36 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable                         
                over the combined disclosures of Kaya, Morton, Chase, and Benner.                              


                                                                                                              
                1 According to page 2 of the Answer, “[t]he rejection of claims 34-39 under                    
                35 USC 112, second paragraph [set forth in the Final Office Action dated                       
                March 28, 2006] is withdrawn.”                                                                 


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