Appeal No. 2000-2093 Page 2
Application No. 08/730,385
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method and machine for chemical-mechanical
polishing a silicon wafer. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claims 5 and 13, which appear in the appendix to the appellant's Brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Shendon 5,899,800 May 4, 1999
Claims 5, 9 and 13-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as
containing subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to
reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor, at the time the
application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by
Shendon.
Claims 5, 9 and 14-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Shendon.1
1In the final rejection (Paper No. 17) claim 9 was not included in this rejection, and
claim 13 was not listed as being rejected under Section 102 although such was the case in
the preceding office action (Paper No. 10). Since the appellant has not disputed the
rejections as set forth in the Answer and has provided arguments directed to them, we
shall act in accordance with that listing of the claims.
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