Appeal No. 2005-1257
Application No. 10/179,570
extracting contaminants from within at least a portion of a
matrix of a stamp having a nanopattern thereon by soaking at
least a portion of said stamp in a solvent.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Schnur et al. (Schnur) 5,079,600 Jan. 7, 1992
Soane 5,278,243 Jan. 11, 1994
Domenico et al. (Domenico) 5,364,662 Nov. 15, 1994
Kumar et al. (Kumar) 5,512,131 Apr. 30, 1996
Everhart et al. (Everhart) 5,922,550 Jul. 13, 1999
Maracas et al. (Maracas) 5,937,758 Aug. 17, 1999
Lochhead et al. (Lochhead) 6,039,897 Mar. 21, 2000
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a method of
producing a nanofeature on a substrate by applying an inked
surface of a stamp against a substrate to transfer the ink onto
the substrate. The stamp which contains the nanopattern is
soaked in an ink solution whereby the stamp absorbs sufficient
ink to allow the surface of the nanopattern to be replenished
with ink after transfer to the substrate. Appealed claim 20 is
directed to a method of decontaminating the nanopattern-
containing stamp by soaking the stamp in a solvent which extracts
the contaminants.
The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as follows:
(a) claims 1-5, 7 and 8 over Maracas in view of Everhart and
Lochhead;
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