Appeal No. 2005-2119
Application No. 10/103,063
vehicle and a second sensor that provides an indication of a color of
paint being applied at a second paint application station to another
portion of that vehicle. The system as explained by the Examiner does
not function in the same manner as the claimed invention. The system of
the Corrigan reference uses the described remote terminals which
include a scanning device (sensor) for identifying the coloration data
from a painted surface of a vehicle and transmitting the data to the
central computer. (Col. 4, ll. 48-54). The identified remote terminal may
function the same as the first sensor specified by the claimed invention.
The remote terminal first functions to obtain the color information which is
transmitted to the central computer. The central computer utilizes the
received color information to determine the appropriate color and the
mix formulation for creating this color. This mix formulation is
subsequently transmitted to the remote terminal where the suggested
color formulation is provided for mixing the color to match the color
originally identified at the remote terminal.2 At this location the paint is
2 Corrigan discloses that the suggested color determination may be determined at the
remote terminal without communication to a central computer. (Col. 5, ll. 13-15). Thus,
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