Appeal No. 1999-1788
Application No. 08/533,939
shape models. We agree with appellant that defining shapes
involves inputting the various parameters, whereas selecting a
shape from a list of models does not require such steps. Said
another way, for the claimed step of selecting, the shapes are
predefined, which differs from the user having to define the
shapes.
We note that Gough discloses (page 812, second full
paragraph) that after a design is complete it can be saved and
used by others, wherein the other users may load and modify
the structure to their own requirements. Thus, Gough suggests
giving the user the ability to select a predefined shape.
However, the stored shapes are not simplified shape models,
but, rather, are complex structures that have been defined by
someone else. Thus, Gough fails to disclose or suggest a step
of selecting a shape "from among several preselected
simplified shape models," as recited in claims 1 and 14.
Further, Gough fails to disclose any means for specifying the
shape "by selecting it from among several preselected
simplified shape models," as recited in claims 6 and 10. See
In re Donaldson Co., 16 F.3d 1189, 1193, 29 USPQ2d 1845, 1849
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