Appeal No. 96-3920 Application 08/151,891 vent hole in the flexible walls of the body. The method of independent claim 8 requires, inter alia, a barrel having flexible sidewalls defining an ink reservoir, and a vent in a location in the sidewalls where the sidewalls can be flexibly displaced. The method of independent claim 10 requires, inter alia, a barrel having flexible sidewalls while defining an ink reservoir, and a vent in the sidewalls in a location in the sidewalls where the sidewalls can be flexibly displaced. We turn now to the evidence of obviousness. The examiner relies upon the German document for its disclosure in an abstract appended to the face thereof. The pertinent language in the abstract being “Pressure is exerted on the outer housing to exude the colouring through the pen”. The examiner apparently did not obtain a translation of this foreign language reference during the examination of this application. However, we note that a translation of the document was submitted by appellant as an attachment to Paper 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007