Appeal No. 2000-1482 Page 8
Application No. 08/995,706
teach transverse positioners attached to the base plate, they
do not teach or suggest using transverse positioners attached
to opposing sides of the base plate. To supply this omission
in the teachings of the applied prior art, the examiner made a
determination (answer, page 3) that this difference would have
been obvious to an artisan. However, this determination has
not been supported by any evidence that would have led an
artisan to arrive at the claimed invention.
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claim 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
Claims 20 and 21
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 20 and 21
under
35 U.S.C. § 103.
Claim 20 recites a wafer transfer machine comprising,
inter alia, a base having a first portion upon which
transferor carriers are supported and a second portion upon
which receiver carriers are supported; a transfer arm moveable
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