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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TSUNG-CHIEH TSAI, CHING-SHAN LU and TOM TSENG
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Appeal No. 2004-1123
Application No. 09/933,503
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 10 through 20, all of the claims remaining in
this application. Claims 1 through 9 have been canceled.
Appellants' invention relates to a moisture-controlled
semiconductor wafer storage container and method that utilizes a
moisture-absorbing device in the wafer storage container for
controlling relative humidity in the cavity of the container to
less than 30%. Independent claims 10 and 16 are representative
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