Appeal No. 1998-2416
Application 08/586,807
26, Todd discloses a method of preparing a workpiece (work
piece 49) to be machined, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a machine tool (buff unit 42);
(b) providing an enclosure (hood 40) about said machine
tool to enclose said machine tool within a predetermined
space;
(c) providing a predetermined machining environment
within said predetermined space (page 2, column 2, lines 2
through 17);
(d) storing one or more work pieces within said
predetermined space for a predetermined period of time prior
to subjecting such workpieces to being machined by said
machine tool (page 2, column 1, line 73, through column 2,
line 17);
(e) said predetermined period of time being sufficient to
customize the workpieces to said predetermined machining
environment (page 2, column 1, line 73, through column 2, line
17).
Thus, the subject matter recited in claim 26 lacks
novelty. Inasmuch as lack of novelty is the ultimate or
epitome of obviousness (In re Fracalossi, 681 F.2d 792, 794,
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