Ex parte CRAGUN et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 95-1296                                                          
          Application 08/073,257                                                      


               defining a face which is mathematically related to said                
          first datum in three dimensional space;                                     
               selecting a type of tolerance between a geometric element              
          of said object and a face; and                                              
               selecting a tolerance;                                                 
               storing the mathematical description of a first datum;                 
               storing the type of tolerance and the selected tolerance;              
          and                                                                         
               linking the face, the mathematical description of the                  
          first datum, and the type of tolerance and selected tolerance in            
          the storage means of the computer.                                          
          The examiner relies on the following reference:                             
          Fitzgerald, Jr. et al.        4,855,939          Aug. 08, 1989              
          (Fitzgerald)                                                                
          Claims 10, 12-16, 21-26 and 29-33 stand rejected under 35                   
          U.S.C. § 103.  As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers               
          Fitzgerald taken alone.                                                     
          Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the                       
          examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for the             
          respective details thereof.                                                 
          OPINION                                                                     
          We have carefully considered the subject matter on                          
          appeal, the rejection advanced by the examiner and the evidence             
          of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the               
          rejection.  We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into                      

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