Appeal No. 1998-2462
Application No. 08/548,696
5. A method of compacting a flexible ink supply
container that has opposing interior surfaces, the method
comprising the steps of:
coupling the container to a reservoir of an ink-jet pen;
moving ink from the container to the coupled reservoir;
moving the opposing interior surfaces toward one another;
and
securing together the opposing interior surfaces thereby
to prevent the opposing interior surfaces from thereafter
moving apart.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Larkin 3,260,412 Jul. 12,
1966
Ausnit 4,196,030 Apr. 01,
1980
Causley et al. (Causley) 4,551,734 Nov.
05, 1985
Bauman 5,323,932 Jun. 28,
1994
Claims 5 through 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Ausnit in view of Larkin and
Causley.
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Ausnit in view of Larkin, Causley, and
Bauman.
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