Appeal No. 2000-1482 Page 17
Application No. 08/995,706
the decision of the examiner to reject claims 32 and 33 is
also affirmed.
REMAND
We remand this application to the examiner for
consideration of the following two issues.
First, the examiner should determine whether or not claim
30 is patentable under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103 over U.S.
Patent No. 4,449,885 to Hertel et al. (Hertel) and/or U.S.
Patent No. 5,153,841 to Goff et al. (Goff). 2
Hertel discloses a cassette holder 200 in Figures 7-9
that is used in the wafer transfer system of Figures 2-4.
Hertel teaches (column 6, line 65+) that the cassette holder
200 includes a cassette adaptor 222 attached to a housing 220
by quick release fasteners 242 and that upon release of the
fasteners 242, the cassette adaptor 222 can be easily removed
from the housing 220 and replaced with a cassette adaptor for
2Copies attached.
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