Appeal No. 1999-0282 Page 5
Application No. 08/716,995
swap out plate having an abutment wall having a horizontally
extending slot.
In the final rejection (p. 2), the examiner stated that
Muka shows "an apparatus comprising: a load lock; a transport
chamber 38; and a swap out plate which includes chamber 50 and
a portion of chamber 32, the swap out plate dimensioned as
claimed." Additionally, the examiner set forth in the answer
(p. 4) that the swap out plate with a slot and an abutment
wall "are clearly shown in Fig. 2 of Muka et al."
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