Appeal No. 98-2691
Application No. 08/529,041
is connected may cause the claims to be broad, but they are
not indefinite. Likewise, the expression "an actuating servo
configured to move said cutter nozzle" in claim 2 is of 4
relatively broad scope, but is not indefinite.
Rejection (1) will therefore not be sustained.
Rejection (2)
In applying the combination of Croteau and Coleman, the
examiner takes the position with regard to independent claims
1, 2, 13 and 14 that Croteau discloses all the recited
apparatus or steps except "an actuating servo for moving the
nozzle along the selected path and the data set of the
regulating means to include a sequence of numbers with each
number representing a desired motor angle provided for the
actuating servo." (answer, page 5). However, the examiner
notes that "Coleman discloses that it is known in art to use a
servomotor (27, 28) for moving a nozzle along a delivery path,
a motor encoder (56) connected to the servomotor, and a
4This expression is not referred to in the portion of the
examiner’s answer quoted above, but the examiner includes it
in the discussion on page 8 of the answer.
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