The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVID R. BEAULIEU
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Appeal No. 2001-2505
Application No. 09/072,097
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1 to 3, 7 to 11, 14 to 16 and 22 to 26. Claims
4, 13 and 27 have been cancelled. Claim 28 has been allowed.
Claims 5, 6, 12, and 17 to 21 have been objected because they
depend on a rejected claim but would be allowable if rewritten in
independent form.
The appellant’s claimed subject matter is a substrate
transport apparatus. An understanding of the claimed subject
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