Appeal No. 1998-1595
Application No. 08/439,912
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a print head and method of making a print head
by one-shot injection molding. Specifically the appealed claims are directed to the article
of manufacture and the allowed claims are directed to the one step injection molding
process. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 21, which is reproduced below.
21. A cartridge for an ink jet printer, said cartridge having an ink reservoir therein, said
cartridge comprising:
a rigid monolithic frame having
an interior surface facing an opening extending through the frame from a first
side to a second side, said interior surface comprising a peripheral wall of the ink
reservoir,
an exterior surface which comprises a peripheral exterior surface of the
cartridge, and,
first and second bonding surfaces spaced from each other and surrounding
said opening, said first and second bonding surfaces facing said first and second sides,
respectively;
first and second flexible films comprising first and second side walls,
respectively, of said ink reservoir; and,
an adhesive bonding material securing said first and second flexible films to said
first and second bonding surfaces, respectively.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
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