Appeal No. 2001-2043
Application No. 09/044,629
second trays thereby depositing the die-level carriers into
the corresponding pockets in the second tray in a second
orientation.
Independent claim 15 sets forth a method of inverting a
plurality of electronic components along a z-axis comprising,
inter alia, depositing the electronic components in a first
orientation in a plurality of pockets of a first tray, mating
a second tray with the first tray, and rotating the first and
second trays, wherein during rotation the electronic
components translate through a distance along the z-axis
thereby being deposited into the corresponding pockets in the
second tray in a second orientation.
In each of the examiner's rejections under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a), the Boardman document is the basic reference. A
reading of the Boardman disclosure reveals to us that one
having ordinary skill in this art would readily appreciate
that the patentee intended for semiconductor devices to be
effectively captured between two capable alignment and
retention systems (column 5, lines 19 through 21) such that
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