Appeal 2007-1202
Application 10/847,052
Examiner finds that Brown teaches performing diagnostics and health tests.
(Answer 24.)
Appellants’ contentions directed to the anticipation rejection, present us with
the issue of whether Niedereder teaches a signal for communicating between a
remote system and welder as recited in claim 33.
Appellants’ contentions also present us with the issue of whether the
combination of Niedereder and Brown make obvious a welder with a control
component that performs a test sequence to facilitate welder diagnostics and a
diagnostic component that determines a health status of the welder based upon
internal diagnostics as recited in claim 1.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. Niedereder teaches a welding unit equipped with a communication
interface which is forwards to and receives data from, a remote site. This data is
transmitted and received using a HTTP server. (See col. 2, ll. 3-10.) We find that
this data communication is sent via signals between the welder, HTTP server, and
remote site.
2. Niedereder teaches that the data communicated may include programs.
This capability allows for the amending configuration of the welder and searching
for errors. (See col. 2, ll. 22-24.)
3. Niedereder’s welder includes a control and/or evaluation unit (item 4)
which interfaces with the HTTP server. (See col. 7, ll. 16-38.) Thus unit includes
a computer. (See col. 9, ll. 19-26.)
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