Appeal No. 2006-1377 Page 3
Application No. 10/621,031
covering the wafer storage chamber with a cover to
fully enclose the stack.
19. A method of storing a stack of wafers in a wafer
storage container, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a plurality of wafer elements, each wafer
element having at least one alignment artifact on a wafer
frame;
providing a container that conforms to the outer
dimension of the wafer elements, wherein the container
includes at least one orientation artifact that is capable of
engagement with an alignment artifact of each wafer
element;
placing the wafer elements in the container so that
the alignment artifact of each wafer element mates with
at least one orientation artifact of the container.
The examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:
Takeuchi 5,238,876 Aug. 24, 1993
Kawada 6,119,865 Sep. 19, 2000
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 15-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Kawada in view of Takeuchi.
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