Appeal No. 96-1903
Application 08/263,368
b) a red fluorescent ink in confluence with said first
printhead;
c) a black ink in communication with said second
printhead, and means causing said first and second printheads
to applying therein respective inks directly to a mail piece
to form a mail indicia, that contains fixed and variable
information.
9. A postage meter printer for printing a postage
indicia, comprising:
a) means for printing a postage logo with a fluorescent
ink directly within the area defined by the postage indicia;
and
b) means for printing a line of optical character
recognition readable information with high contrast ink
directly within the area defined by the postage indicia, that
contains fixed and variable information.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Hubbard 3,869,976 Mar. 11,
1975
Calvi 4,580,144 Apr. 1,
1986
Pastor 5,073,935 Dec. 17,
1991
Auslander et al. 5,114,478 May 19,
1992
(Auslander)
Admitted Prior Art (APA): Appellant’s Disclosure
Claims 1, 5 to 7, 9 to 11, and 14 to 20 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over various
combinations of Hubbard, Calvi, Pastor, Auslander and APA.
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