Appeal 2007-2909
Application 10/622,063
1 The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
2 appeal is:
3 Ishida US 5,932,012 Aug. 3, 1999
4 Chikahisa WO 99/49987 Oct. 7, 1999
5 Barrey US 6,197,115 Mar. 6, 2001
6 Chikahisa US 6,562,406 May 13, 2003
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8 Claims 1-3, 11 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
9 being unpatentable over Ishida in view of Barrey and either Chikahisa (US
10 6,562,406) or Chikahisa (WO99/49987) (Final Rejection 2 and Answer 42).
11 BACKGROUND
12 The invention is related to a robotic pen for writing a material atop a
13 workpiece. The workpiece is mounted on top of a stage for rotation and
14 orthogonal translation. The stage permits translation generally in a plane
15 and rotation about an axis generally parallel to the plane. Specifically, the
16 workpiece may be translated in a first linear axis X and a second linear axis
17 Y for a two-plane translation of the workpiece (Specification ¶ 0018). A
18 spindle 32 is mounted on the stage for rotation of the workpiece about an
19 axis A, which is parallel to the two-plane X-Y axes (Specification ¶¶ 0019,
20 0052-0053 and Figs. 1 and 2). A controller coordinates the movement of the
2 Claims 4-6, 12, 17-23, 25, and 26 have been objected to as being dependent
upon a rejected claim, but indicated allowable if rewritten in independent
form (Final Rejection 5 and Answer 2).
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