1 The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was 2 not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. 3 4 5 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 6 _____________ 7 8 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS 9 AND INTERFERENCES 10 _____________ 11 12 Ex parte JOHN M. WHITE and AKIHIRO HOSOKAWA 13 _____________ 14 15 Appeal No. 2006-2725 16 Application No. 09/982,406 17 Technology Center 3600 18 ______________ 19 20 Decided: June 29, 2007 21 _______________ 22 22 Before TERRY J. OWENS, JENNIFER D. BAHR, and STUART S. LEVY, 23 23 Administrative Patent Judges. 24 25 25 OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. 26 27 28 29 DECISION ON APPEAL 30 The Appellants appeal from a rejection of claims 8, 14, 15, 17-21 and 47-52, 31 which are all of the pending claims. 32 THE INVENTION 33 The Appellants claim an apparatus for supporting a substrate in a chamber. 34 Claim 8 is illustrative: 35Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
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