CHEUNG et al vs. RITZDORF et al - Page 22




                Interference No. 105,113                                                                                                      

                We reach the same conclusion with respect to  independent claims 6813 and 73.14  The "loading                                 
                station" recited in claim 68 reads on the I/O portion of the prior-art system shown in                                        
                Figures 16 and 17, which we conclude was also contemplated by the inventors for use with the                                  
                aforementioned annealing "oven."  The "mainframe" and "mainframe wafer transfer robot"                                        
                recited in claim 73 read on the overall structure and robots 620 in the Figure 16 system, which                               
                we likewise conclude was contemplated for use with the aforementioned annealing "oven."  The                                  
                recited "electrolyte supply" is not shown in Figure 1 but will necessarily be connected to the fluid                          
                inlet line 165 ('613 specification at 7, l. 2).                                                                               
                         In addition to concluding that written description support for claims 68, 70, and 73 is                              
                provided by the annealing "oven" disclosure, we agree with Ritzdorf's alternative argument that                               


                13  Claim 68 reads:                                                                                                           
                                 68.  An electro-chemical deposition system, comprising:                                                      
                                 a)  a wafer transfer apparatus;                                                                              
                                 b)  a loading station disposed in connection with the wafer transfer apparatus;                              
                                 c)  one or more processing cells disposed in connection with the wafer                                       
                         transfer apparatus;                                                                                                  
                                 d)  an electrolyte supply fluidly connected to the one or more processing cells;                             
                                 e)  a wafer cleaner station disposed in connection with the wafer transfer                                   
                         apparatus; and                                                                                                       
                                 f)  a thermal anneal chamber disposed in connection with the wafer                                           
                         transfer apparatus.                                                                                                  
                14  Claim 73 reads:                                                                                                           
                                 73.  An electro-chemical deposition system, comprising:                                                      
                                 a)  a  mainframe having a mainframe wafer transfer robot;                                                    
                                 b)  a loading station disposed in connection with the mainframe;                                             
                                 c)  one or more processing cells disposed in connection with the mainframe;                                  
                                 d)  an electrolyte supply fluidly connected to the one or more processing cells;                             
                                 e)  a rinse-dry (RD) chamber disposed for access to the loading station; and                                 
                                 f)  a thermal anneal chamber disposed for access to the loading station.                                     
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