Ex parte HART et al. - Page 6




              Appeal No. 1996-0837                                                                                      
              Application 08/603,014                                                                                    


              inventor, such a combination may be appropriate.  However, this is not the case here.  To                 
              the contrary, neither patent relates to the same problem addressed by the present                         
              invention; i.e., the difficulty of applying an ink to the surface of the aforementioned                   
              substrates.  Therefore, we do not find that either patent would have logically commended                  
              itself to the appellants’ attention in addressing their particular problem.                               
                     Accordingly, in view of the foregoing, the rejection is summarily reversed.                        
                                                     REVERSED                                                           








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