Appeal No. 1997-1379
Application 08/194,748
BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 10, 11, and 19-22.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention is directed to a flexible
manufacturing system that carries, loads, and unloads products
between autonomous workstations and an autonomous warehouse.
The system communicates the status associated with the
carrying, loading, and unloading of the products so that
collisions by the products as they move about the system are
avoided.
Claim 19 is reproduced below.
19. A communication system for communicating
between a movable unit and a fixed unit, said
communication system comprising:
a first signal transmitting and receiving system on
the movable unit, transmitting status request signals and
receiving status response signals;
means, on the movable unit, for controlling movement
of the movable unit responsive to the status response
signals;
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