Appeal No. 95-4325
Application 08/006,957
machining program being entered as disclosed in the Appellants’
specification, page 22, line 19 through page 24, line 12.
Appellant further argues that the invention as defined in
independent claims 1 and 8 determines the above-mentioned order
based on the claimed range of the tool criteria where the range
is specified as values between the most appropriate value and a
predetermined value greater or smaller than said most appropriate
value.
The Examiner argues in the answer on page 3 that Pilland
teaches the tool criteria being specified in a range by the most
appropriate value and a predetermined value greater or smaller
than said most appropriate value in column 3, lines 26-30.
Pilland states in column 3, line 26-30 the following:
Weighting is effected in keeping with the criteria of
interest, taking into account, in particular, the time
required, quality, deviations from optimum machining
values or the exceeding of absolute boundary values,
which are also stored in the data base.
However, the Examiner has not made clear here his position as to
what is the tool criteria and how this criteria is expressed in a
range by the most appropriate value and a predetermined value
greater or smaller than the most appropriate value.
On page 9 of the answer, the Examiner further clarifies his
position by stating that Pilland shows that weights are based on
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