Appeal No. 95-4325
Application 08/006,957
of the individual cutting data. All possible pairings of cutting
materials and bit shapes are formed by combination and then
weighted. Pilland then states in column 3, lines 26-30, the
passage that the Examiner is relying on, that the weighting is
effected by taking into account the exceeding of absolute
boundary values among other factors.
From a reading of Pilland as a whole, we fail to find that
Pilland teaches "tool criteria being specified in a range by the
most appropriate value and a predetermined value greater or
smaller than said most appropriate value." We agree that Pilland
teaches tool criteria such as their stability and dimensions,
loading capability, working range, grades of the bit and etc.
However, Pilland fails to teach that the tool criteria is
expressed in a range of values from the most appropriate value to
a predetermined value greater or smaller than said most
appropriate value. In addition, we acknowledge that Pilland does
teach absolute boundary values or deviations from optimum values
for machining the workpieces which are tolerances for a finished
workpiece. However, we will not speculate that such teaching
would require an expression of a range as claimed without a
further teaching shown in the record. We are dealing with an
anticipation determination and not an obviousness determination.
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