Appeal No. 2005-0968 Page 2 Application No. 09/998,343 provides for direct access by a customer. Appellants’ specification at page 5, paragraph 0016. Claim 1 is representative of the claimed invention and is reproduced as follows: 1. A computer assisted system for managing a work in process workload comprising: means for storing identifying information for a microelectronic fabrication work in process workload lot; means for accessing the identifying information for the work in process workload lot; means for requesting and effecting a change in production of the work in process workload lot after accessing the identifying information for the work in process workload lot, wherein the means for requesting the change in production of the work in process workload lot provides for direct access by a customer. References The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows: Chacon 6,128,588 Oct. 3, 2000 Athavale et al. (Athavale) 6,539,386 Mar. 25, 2003 (Filed Jun. 15, 2000)Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007