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        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        2          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                  
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        5              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                           
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        8                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                            
        9                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
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       12               Ex parte JOHN M. WHITE and AKIHIRO HOSOKAWA                                        
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       15                                Appeal No. 2006-2725                                              
       16                              Application No. 09/982,406                                          
       17                                Technology Center 3600                                            
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       20                                Decided: June 29, 2007                                            
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       22 Before TERRY J. OWENS, JENNIFER D. BAHR, and STUART S. LEVY,                                     
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       23 Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                    
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       25 OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                              
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       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:                                                                       
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