Appeal No. 1997-3997
Application No. 08/559,117
a) controllably actuating said actuator to apply a
predetermined loading to said cable;
b) determining a distance, L of said actuator
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controlled fixture from said home position; and
c) summing said distances L and L to thereby1 2
calculate the resultant cable length L.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Bonine 4,562,743 Jan. 7, 1986.
Claims 1-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Bonine taken
alone.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the examiner and the
evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support
for the rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellants’
arguments set forth in the brief along with the examiner’s
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