Appeal No. 1997-0068
Application 07/923,278
claims 24, 30, 34 and 43 is not anticipated by Pomerantz
because Pomerantz does not meet the “first dispenser”
limitations in claims 24, 30 and 43 or the “controlled
dispensing device” limitations in claim 34. In this regard,
claim 24 recites an apparatus for manufacturing three-
dimensional objects comprising, inter alia, a first dispenser
operable to dispense a layer of a first material on a target
surface “at only selected locations of said target surface,
said selected locations corresponding to a cross-section of a
three-dimensional object”; claim 30 recites an apparatus for
producing a three dimensional object comprising, inter alia, a
controller for loading first slice data corresponding to a
first slice of the object and a first dispenser for dispensing
a layer of a first material onto a target surface “at only
locations established according to said loaded first slice
data”; claim 34 recites a system for manufacturing three-
dimensional objects comprising, inter alia, a controlled
dispensing device for dispensing a layer of a first material
onto a target surface “at only selected locations
corresponding to a cross-section of an object to be
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