Appeal No. 95-2784
Application 08/193,634
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejec-
tion of claims 1 through 3, 18 and 19. Claims 4 and 7 through
10 have been allowed. Claims 5, 6, 11 through 17 and 20
through 23 have been canceled.
The invention is directed to a servo control system
for machine tools which cut or form pieces of material, such
as metal or wood, into desired geometric shapes.
The independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A system for controlling the formation of geo-
metric shapes in materials by moving a tool relative to a
workpiece along multiple axes of movement, comprising:
means defining data representative of geometric
shapes to be cut or otherwise formed in materials;
means for converting said data into a description of
a path to be followed by the tool and storing said descrip-
tion;
a plurality of motors respectively associated with
said multiple axes, each of said motors providing relative
2
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