Appeal No. 2002-2118 Page 2
Application No. 09/010,614
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a process and apparatus for securing a
temporary lid to a chip substrate to aid in movement of the chip substrate during
automated card assembly operations (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Seto et al. (Seto) 5,507,657 Apr. 16, 1996
Ikesugi et al. (Ikesugi) 5,688,133 Nov. 18, 1997
Claims 1 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Seto.
Claims 1 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by
Ikesugi.
Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Ikesugi.
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