Appeal No. 95-4325
Application 08/006,957
the specification, Appellant discloses the process of registering
tool data. Figure 4 shows the tool data setting screen in which
the operator sequentially enters the tool attribute data for each
tool loaded on the machine. The data is then placed in the
criterion table by the system. On page 19 of the specification,
Appellant discloses that the operator sequentially enters various
data indicating the selection reference data of the tool by the
criterion data setting screen shown in Figure 5. One type of
data entered by the operator specifies conditions to be satisfied
by the tools. The conditions are listed on pages 20 and 21.
Appellant discloses that a range follows each of these
conditions. On pages 21 and 22 of the specification, Appellant
discloses that the range defines a value ”a” which is the most
appropriate value of the condition for the tool and a value “b”
which is either the greatest or least permissible value of the
condition for the tool. Once all the data is entered, Appellant
discloses on pages 23 through 24 of the specification that when
the operator depresses the “TOOL SELECT” menu key, the system
provides a list of tools in which the tools appropriate for the
machining are displayed on the CRT display 5 as shown in Figure 8
in the order in which they seem to be most appropriate.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
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