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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 31
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte AVI TEPMAN
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Appeal No. 2002-0936
Application 08/946,920
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Avi Tepman appeals from the final rejection (Paper No. 18)
of claims 1, 2 and 4 through 25, all of the claims pending in the
application.1
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “a robot blade for transferring
[integrated circuit] substrates through a processing system while
reducing the idle time of the process chamber and the number of
1 Claims 5, 6, 12 and 18 have been amended subsequent to
final rejection.
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