Appeal No. 96-1603
Application 08/057,989
regard to how the slides absorb force, we are of the opinion
that the specification in explaining that the slides absorb
the leftward and rightward deviation of the block is
sufficiently complete to enable a person of ordinary skill in
this art to make this invention.
In view of the foregoing we will sustain the examiner’s
rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph as it is
directed to claim 13 but will not sustain the rejection as it
directed to claims 15-20.
We turn next to the examiner’s rejection under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) of claims 1, 11 and 15-18 as anticipated by Kato.
Kato discloses a feed screw 12 mounted on base 11 and a motor
13 for rotating the feed screw about its axis. There is also
disclosed a feed nut and a frame or block 15 mounted
integrally to the nut. There is a table 2 mounted for
movement along an axial direction of the feed screw. There is
a slide mechanism 16, 17 disposed between the block 15 and the
table 2. The slide mechanism is slidable in a vertical
direction along a plane transverse to the axial direction of
the feed screw. Kato discloses each and every element of
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