UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHI-SEN HSU, SHU-LING FENG and YUN-WEN LIAO
Appeal No. 2005-0968
Application No. 09/998,343
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, SAADAT, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.
MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-12.
Invention
Appellants’ invention relates to a system and method for managing the work
in process (WIP) workload within the fabrication facility comprises:
(1) a means for storing identifying information for a work in process (WIP) workload
lot; (2) a means for accessing the identifying information for the work in process
(WIP) workload lot; and (3) a means for requesting and effecting a change in
production of the work in process (WIP) workload lot after accessing the identifying
information for the work in process (WIP) workload lot, wherein the means for
requesting the change in production of the work in process (WIP) workload lot
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