Ex Parte Spear et al - Page 2

                 Appeal 2006-2619                                                                                   
                 Application 10/935,566                                                                             

                       Claims 1 and 11 illustrate Appellants’ invention of a system that                            
                 facilitates configuring a welder power supply during a welding procedure,                          
                 and are representative of the claims on appeal:                                                    
                       1.  A system that facilitates configuring a welder power supply during                       
                 a welding procedure comprising:                                                                    
                       a component that receives a welding parameter; and                                           
                       a configuration component that automatically applies a welder                                
                 configuration to the welder power supply based at least upon the welding                           
                 parameter.                                                                                         
                       11.  A system that facilitates configuring a welder power supply                             
                 during a welding procedure comprising:                                                             
                       a communications component that receives information from a remote                           
                 system, the information comprising at least one of a welder configuration                          
                 and a welding parameter;                                                                           
                       an analyzer that determines the welder configuration to employ, based                        
                 at least in part upon the received information; and                                                
                       a configuration component that applies the welder configuration to the                       
                 welder power supply.                                                                               
                       The references relied on by the examiner are:                                                
                 Beiermann US 6,479,792 B1  Nov. 12, 2002                                                           
                 Hayes  US 6,504,131 B1  Jan.     7, 2003                                                           
                 Niedereder US 6,797,921  Sep.  28, 2004                                                            
                       The examiner has rejected appealed claims 1 through 21 under                                 
                 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Niedereder taken with either                         
                 one of Beiermann or Hayes (Answer 3-6).                                                            
                       Appellants principally argue independent claim 1 as representative of                        
                 the claims as a group and further argue independent claim 11 (Br. 5 and 8;                         
                 Reply Br. 2).  Thus, we decide this appeal based on appealed claim 1 and, to                       
                 the extent it is argued, claim 11.  37 CFR § 41.37(c)(1)(vii) (2005).                              

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