Appeal No. 1996-4124
Application No. 08/307,088
piece support to measure grinding forces. Therefore, we will
not sustain the rejection of claims 16, 17, 19 and 27 under 35
U.S.C. § 103.
Claims 18 and 25 contain limitations that the force
sensors are accelerometers. As stated above we find that the
teachings of Hernandez cannot be combined with Hahn and
Loehrke in the manner set forth in the Examiner’s rejection.
Further, we find
that neither Hahn nor Loehrke teaches or suggests the use of
are accelerometers as force sensore. Therefore, we will not
sustain the rejection of claims 18 and 25 under 35 U.S.C. §
103.
Claim 22 contains limitations that the measured force5
values are printed out. As stated above we find that the
teachings of Hernandez cannot be combined with Hahn and
Loehrke in the manner set forth in the Examiner’s rejection.
Further, we find that neither Hahn nor Loehrke teaches or
5It is noted that the language of claim 22 which states
"including the step of printed out measurement values" is
awkward. This claim was interpreted to mean "including the
step of printing out measurement values."
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