Appeal 2007-1202
Application 10/847,052
INVENTION
The invention is directed to a system for facilitating welding diagnostics.
See pages 2 and 3 of Appellants’ Specification. Claim 1 is representative of the
invention and reproduced below:
1. A welding system, comprising:
a sensor component that receives information associated with at least
one of operation of a welder and weld characteristics;
a control component that receives information from the sensor
component and performs at least one test sequence to facilitate welder
diagnostics based at least in part upon information received from the sensor
component; and
a diagnostic component that performs welder internal diagnostics,
determines a health status of the welder based at least in part on welder
internal diagnostics and information received from at least one of the sensor
component and the control component, and transmits welder health status
information to a remote system.
REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the Examiner are:
Brown US 4,721,947 Jan. 26, 1998
Niedereder US 6,797,921 B1 Sep. 28, 2004
(filed Feb 15, 2002)
REJECTIONS AT ISSUE
Claim 33 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by
Niedereder. The Examiner’s rejection is set forth on page 3 of the Answer.
Claims 1 through 6, 8 through 21, and 23 through 32 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Niedereder in view of Brown. The
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