Appeal No. 95-4325
Application 08/006,957
1. A tool specifying method in an NC automatic programming
system for specifying a tool by displaying tool data consisting
of at least tool shapes for identifying tools, comprising the
steps of:
1) setting and registering said tool data;
2) setting and registering tool criteria appropriate for a
machining mode, said tool criteria being specified in a range by
the most appropriate value and a predetermined value greater or
smaller than said most appropriate value;
3) automatically arranging and displaying said tool data in
accordance with said set criteria; and
4) selecting and specifying desired tool data from among
said tool data displayed.
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Tanaka 4,591,989 May 27, 1986
Shima et al (Shima) 4,823,253 Apr. 18, 1989
Pilland et al. (Pilland) 4,992,948 Feb. 12, 1991
Claims 1, 5, 8 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Pilland. Claims 2 and 3 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Pilland. Claims 11 through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Pilland and Shima. The
Examiner’s answer set forth the following new ground of
rejection. Claims 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Tanaka. Claim 19 stands
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Pilland.
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