Appeal No. 2000-2161
Application No. 08/933,319
workcell (parts mounting station 3) there would be any dynamic
reconfiguration of the first placement workcell (substrate
supply station 1) "at least partially concurrent with the step
of performing a first activity and in response to the
information transferred to the host computer from the second
placement workcell" (emphasis added), as required in
appellants' claims on appeal. The examiner's reference
(answer, pages 4-5) to the fact that the host computer might
reprogram or alter the substrate supply station (1) by
allowing certain substrates to pass through the solder paste
printer (13) without use of the printer when parts to be
soldered are not going to be used on those particular
substrates, has nothing to do with any information transferred
to the host computer from the second placement workcell (parts
mounting station 3). On the contrary, the information
relating to any substrates that do not require paste printing
is transferred from the substrate bar code labeling machine
(11) to the host computer (4) and subsequently to the solder
paste printer (13) upon a particular bar code being read by
the bar code reader (6) located at the inlet of the solder
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