Appeal No. 1998-1803
Application 08/409,188
The disclosed invention pertains to the projection of
identifying images onto cut parts of a sheet material to
enable the parts to be sequentially removed for subsequent
processing.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A part identification system for temporarily
identifying parts cut from a sheet material, comprising:
(a) a visual signal generator for projecting a subset
identifying image onto a portion of the sheet material;
(b) a label for each part cut from the sheet material,
the label including an association of the cut part with a
given subset of parts; and
(c) a labeling program for accessing the labels, grouping
members of the given subset and directing the subset
identifying image to identify members of the given subset in
the cut sheet material.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Gerber et al. (Gerber) 4,583,181 Apr. 15, 1986
Campbell, Jr. et al. (Campbell) 5,172,326 Dec. 15, 1992
Claims 1-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Campbell in view
of Gerber.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for
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