Appeal No. 1998-1083
Application 08/402,606
However, the present invention provides deflection
correction covering an entire path, not merely individual
points."
The Examiner responds that Appellant fails to consider
the teachings of Ishiguro, which specifically shows in
figure 12 the movement of the arm along a taught path and
that the claims do not recite anything about the "entire"
path (EA7).
We are not persuaded by Appellant's argument. A set of
individual points determines a path. Moreover, it is clear
that Appellants' path comprises a set of individual points.
Appellant lastly argues (Br10): "Furukawa fails to
teach determining a bending amount at both the starting
point and ending point of the linear section. Therefore,
Furukawa cannot set a plurality of interpolation points
between a starting point and an ending point. Ishiguro et
al. also fails to disclose these features."
The Examiner does not appear to discuss these
arguments.
Furukawa must determine a bending amount at the
starting point and ending point of the linear section; i.e.,
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