Appeal No. 2000-1482 Page 13
Application No. 08/995,706
Claim 30
We will not sustain the rejection of claim 30 under
35 U.S.C. § 103.
Claim 30 reads as follows:
A method for accommodating different size wafer
carriers with one wafer transfer machine, the method
comprising:
providing a wafer transfer machine having a
plurality of axial carrier positioners disposed on a base
of the machine; and
converting the carrier positioners from a first
configuration that accommodates a first size wafer
carrier to a second configuration that accommodates a
second size wafer carrier.
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 converting the
axial carrier positioners from a first configuration that
accommodates a first size wafer carrier to a second
configuration that accommodates a second size wafer carrier.
In that regard, while both the H-Square Publication and Yap
can accommodate different size wafer carriers, they do not
teach or suggest converting the axial carrier positioners of
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