Appeal 2007-1904
Application 10/790,081
34. An apparatus for coating a photosensitive layer on a substrate,
comprising:
a support supporting a substrate having a plurality of unit substrates
on which a photosensitive material is coated;
a coater including a discharging unit for discharging the
photosensitive material onto the unit substrate and a transfer unit for moving
the discharging unit along a surface of the substrate, the coater coating the
photosensitive layer on the substrate by the unit substrate;
a detector disposed in front of the coater, the detector detecting
foreign matters on the surface of the substrate; and
a controller controlling the coater and the detector.
The Examiner has relied upon the following prior art references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Morton US 3,753,085 Aug. 14, 1973
Benner US 3,924,565 Dec. 9, 1975
Chase US 5,575,852 Nov. 19, 1996
Kaya US 6,398,870 B1 Jun. 4, 2002
The Examiner has rejected the claims on appeal as follows1:
1) Claims 34 through 36 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
over the combined disclosures of Kaya and Morton; and
2) Claims 34 through 36 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
over the combined disclosures of Kaya, Morton, Chase, and Benner.
1 According to page 2 of the Answer, “[t]he rejection of claims 34-39 under
35 USC 112, second paragraph [set forth in the Final Office Action dated
March 28, 2006] is withdrawn.”
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