Appeal No. 98-0457
Application 08/604,813
higher moisture transmission rate transparent material , were 4
not entirely satisfactory. One of ordinary skill in the art
would not, in our opinion, derive from these teachings that
any use of transparent material in packaging semi-conductor
wafers should be avoided, as appellants would apparently have
us believe.
Appellants’ argument on page 9 of the brief to the effect
that the teachings of Salfisberg conflict with those of AAPA
is not well taken because it is founded on a position with
which we do not agree, namely, that AAPA teaches that the use
of transparent material in packaging semi-conductor wafers is
to be avoided. As to the argument that “bags of the type
disclosed by Salfisberg generally do not have low moisture
transmission properties of the type which would be of interest
in the field of semiconductor packaging” (brief, page 9), this
argument is speculative, and, even if true, is not fatal to
the rejection because Salfisberg is not relied upon for a
contents of the bags” (specification, page 1; emphasis added).
4“Moreover, bags made entirely of transparent materials
have proved to be unsatisfactory because they typically have
higher moisture transmission rates . . .” (specification, page
1; emphasis added).
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