Appeal No. 1997-4025
Application 08/340,958
d. controlling the electrophotographic development of
said latent image such that said minimum exposure level is
eliminated from a final printed image from said latent image.
THE REFERENCES
Yoshida 4,259,662 Mar. 31, 1981
Tokuhara 4,560,999 Dec. 24,
1985
Noguchi 4,995,703 Feb. 26, 1991
Mochizuki et al. (Mochizuki) 5,247,375 Sep. 21, 1993
Henley 5,406,213 Apr. 11, 1995
(filed Sep. 10,
1991)
Florence et al. (Florence) 5,461,411 Oct. 24, 1995
(filed Mar. 29,
1993)
Endo et al. (Endo) 5-236358 Sep. 10, 19932
(Japanese Kokai)
THE REJECTIONS
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
Tokuhara in view of Henley, Mochizuki, Endo, Yoshida and
Florence, and also over Tokuhara in view of Henley, Noguchi,
Endo, Yoshida and Florence.3
2Our consideration of this reference is based upon an
English translation thereof, which is of record.
3An provisional obviousness-type double patenting
rejection over claim 4 of copending Application 08/766,657 is
-3-3
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