Appeal No. 96-1899
Application No. 07/936,007
Appellants’ Claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A program-controlled machining apparatus
having at least one of a moveable tool and a moveable
workpiece, said movement being effected by at least one
axis, comprising:
a machining section for computing an axis movement
quantity for at least one of said axes on the basis of
machining programs;
axis movement direction creation means for
determining the direction of the movement of each axis
on the basis of said axis movement quantity;
axis movement symbol storage means for storing
axis movement symbols comprising directivity
information;
axis movement symbol creation means for selecting,
from said storage section, axis movement symbols that
match the direction of axis movement determined by said
axis movement direction creation means; and
display means for displaying at least said
selected axis movement symbols.
The Examiner’s Answer applies Appellants’ Figure 8 as
admitted prior art and also applies the following prior art:
Kuperman et al. (Kuperman) 4,591,998 May 27, 1986
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