Appeal No. 1998-2740
Application 08/438,492
examiner indicates how he perceives the invention of claim 1 to
be taught by the disclosure of Seki [answer, pages 4-7]. Of
particular note is the examiner’s position that since Seki
determines the movement path of a tool, then Seki teaches the
conversion formulas of step (c). The examiner cites Mizuno for
the sole purpose of confirming that “teaching points” are simply
specific points along the actual path of movement.
Appellant argues that neither Seki nor Mizuno, alone or
in combination, teaches the features of creating a sample program
and then editing the geometric parameters of the work piece to
create a new robot movement program using conversion formulas as
claimed [brief, page 10]. Appellant asserts that the part
program taught by Seki does not teach the claimed invention which
automatically creates the teaching point positions and robot
movement program based on the edited parameters and conversion
formulas.
The examiner responds that the conversion formulas of
claim 1 are functionally met by Seki because Seki determines tool
movement along a path [answer, page 7]. The examiner goes on to
explain that Seki teaches the automatic determination of a new
program path when a path similar to a stored path is desired
[id., pages 7-8].
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