Appeal No. 1999-0284 Page 2
Application No. 08/721,666
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a semiconductor
wafer carrier fork cover. An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which
appears in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Harada et al. (Harada) 5,217,340 June 8, 1993
Claims 1 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Harada.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 10, mailed May 8, 1998) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the appellant's
brief (Paper No. 9, filed March 16, 1998) for the appellant's
arguments thereagainst.
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