Appeal No. 2002-0936
Application 09/946,920
strokes to effect substrate transfer” (specification, page 2).
Representative claims 1 and 11 read as follows:
1. An apparatus for transferring objects, comprising:
a robot having at least one actuator to drive at least one
arm and a blade mounted to the arm, the blade comprising an upper
platform having an upper object supporting surface and a lower
platform having a lower object supporting surface, the upper
object supporting surface being horizontally offset from the
lower object supporting surface and fixed relative to the lower
object supporting surface.
11. A method for transferring objects comprising:
a) providing a blade having at least an upper object
supporting surface horizontally offset from a lower object
supporting surface and fixed relative to the lower object
supporting surface;
b) positioning the upper object supporting surface to
receive a first object; and
c) positioning the lower object supporting surface to
deliver a second object.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Nelson 1,948,592 Feb. 27, 1934
Araki 5,564,889 Oct. 15, 1996
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 2 and 4 through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, as failing to particularly point out and
distinctly claim the subject matter the appellant regards as the
invention.
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