Appeal No. 2000-1482 Page 7
Application No. 08/995,706
Claim 19
We will not sustain the rejection of claim 19 under
35 U.S.C. § 103.
Claim 19 recites a convertible wafer transfer machine,
comprising, inter alia, a base plate having a first portion
upon which transferor carriers are supported and a second
portion upon which receiver carriers are supported; a first
axial positioner removably disposed on the first portion of
the base plate; a second axial positioner removably disposed
on the second portion of the base plate; a third axial
positioner removably disposed on the second portion of the
base plate; and transverse positioners attached to opposing
sides of the base plate.
The appellants argue that the applied prior art does not
suggest the claimed subject matter. We agree. Specifically,
the applied prior art does not teach or suggest transverse
positioners attached to opposing sides of the base plate. In
that regard, while both the H-Square Publication and Yap do
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