Appeal No. 2004-0630
Application No. 09/755,177
and 13, stand withdrawn from further consideration by the
examiner.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a cleaning method
for removing remover solvent from a substrate which comprises the
step of introducing oxygen water into a container by way of an
inlet pipe. This appealed subject matter is adequately
represented by independent claim 7 which reads as follows:
7. A cleaning method for removing remover solvent from a
substrate to be rinsed, comprising the step of:
introducing oxygen water of high concentration into a
container by way of an oxygen-water-of-high-concentration inlet
pipe which introduces an oxygen-water-of-high-concentration, the
container retaining the substrate therein and having an inlet
port for introducing a solution into the container in a
controllable manner and an outlet port for discharging the
solution outside in a controllable manner.
The reference set forth below is relied upon by the examiner
in the § 102 and § 103 rejections before us:
Kashiwase et al. 5,378,317 Jan. 3, 1995
(Kashiwase)
Claims 7-11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Kashiwase, and claim 12 is rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Kashiwase.2
2 On page 4 of the Brief, the appellant indicates that the
appealed claims are grouped pursuant to the manner in which they
have been rejected by the examiner. Further, the appellant's
subsequent arguments regarding the appealed claims are consistent
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