Appeal No. 1996-3084
Application 08/168,167
internal to it in the transponder 112 of Juengel since the
transceiver 114 associated with the machine tool reads the
data remotely by electromagnetic and/or electrostatic, passive
means. The discussion of Figure 7 begins at column 4, line
35. Note also the discussion of prior art tool holder pickup
stations at column 3, lines 4 through 9.
To the extent appellant further argues at page 9 of the
brief that the claimed and disclosed invention does not
require the physical volume be tied to a particular system, it
is noted that Juengel also solves these problems inherently
and it has generally been known in accordance with the
discussion in the background of Juengel's invention at column
1, lines 30 through 35 that a flexible manufacturing system
environment allows machine tools to exchange or share tools
between themselves.
Juengel presents to the artisan a second major advantage
within an assessment of the prior art as a whole. To the
extent the earlier discussion has directly addressed the noted
deficiencies of the prior art recognized by appellant in the
early pages of the specification as filed, Juengel has further
significance to the artisan since the physical corollary of
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