Appeal No. 2005-2618
Application No. 10/060,494
process and equipment. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary independent claim 1, which is
reproduced as follows:
1. Apparatus for visually conveying information to a human
operator in a manufacturing process comprising:
a container for transporting work in progress used in the
manufacturing process;
an electronic data card that follows the container through
at least a portion of the manufacturing process, said electronic
data card including a microcomputer and containing data related
to one or more of the manufacturing process and related
equipment; and
at least one light emitter associated with the electronic
data card and operable in response to a set of instructions
executed by said microcomputer to visually convey predetermined
information directly to a human operator about one or more of the
manufacturing process and related equipment.
The following reference is relied on by the Examiner:
Bonora et al. (Bonora) 5,570,990 Nov. 5, 1996
Claims 1-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Bonora.
Rather than reiterate the opposing arguments, reference is
made to the brief and answer for the respective positions of
Appellant and the Examiner. Only those arguments actually made
by Appellant have been considered in this decision. Arguments
which Appellant could have made but chose not to make in the
briefs have not been considered (37 CFR § 41.37(c)(1)(vii)).
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