Appeal No. 2005-0166
Application 09/789,872
The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for
controlling a machine tool adapted to process workpieces in
accordance with an operating recipe based on a process target
value. Manufacturing characteristic data is collected and
correlated with a manufacturing metric to generate a metric
distribution for the workpieces. The process target value is
then adjusted based on the metric distribution.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for controlling a tool adapted to process
workpieces in accordance with an operating recipe based on a
process target value, comprising;
collecting manufacturing characteristic data associated
with the workpieces;
correlating the manufacturing characteristic data with
a first manufacturing metric to generate a first manufacturing
metric distribution for the workpieces; and
adjusting the process target value based on the first
manufacturing metric distribution.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Simmons 6,265,232 July 24, 2001
(filed Aug. 21, 1998)
Claims 1-48 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description
requirement. Claims 1-48 also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, for failing to particularly point out
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