Appeal No. 2000-1482 Page 10
Application No. 08/995,706
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 20, and claim 21 dependent thereon,
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
Claim 22
We will not sustain the rejection of claim 22 under
35 U.S.C. § 103.
Claim 22 recites a wafer transfer machine comprising,
inter alia, a base having a first portion upon which
transferor carriers are supported and a second upon which
receiver carriers are supported; a transfer arm moveable along
a longitudinal axis at least over the first portion of the
base; and a wafer contact surface selectively defined by
interchangeable first and second wafer transfer plates
mountable to the transfer arm, the second transfer plate
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