Appeal No. 1999-2089 Page 3
Application No. 08/517,181
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a semiconductor
wafer lifter basket assembly. A copy of the claims under
appeal appears in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Ball 1,016,386 Feb.
6, 1912
Claims 1 to 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which the appellants regard as the invention.
Claims 1 to 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Ball.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 12,
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