Appeal No. 1997-2981
Application No. 08/161,304
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 39 and 41 through 50, all of the claims pending in the
application.
The invention pertains to manufacturing methods for
producing an object with a desired contour, for shaping
manufactured parts and for assembly of parts.
Representative independent claim 39, directed to
producing an object with a desired contour, is reproduced as
follows:
39. A method of producing an object with a desired
contour, comprising the steps of:
a) rapidly, accurately, and on-line, electro-
optically determining the existing contour of said object;
b) providing, on a surface of said object, a marking
containing information related to said existing contour
as determined in step a); and
c) utilizing said information contained in said
marking to control the production of said object.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Idelsohn et al. 4,149,089 Apr. 10, 1979
(Idelsohn)
Pryor et al. 4,373,804 Feb. 15, 1983
(Pryor)
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