Appeal No. 1999-1889 Page 20
Application No. 08/366,988
III. Claims 10 and 21
The appellants argue that the claims “require[] that the
first material, which is for dispensing ink, be compressed
‘... only sufficiently for outwards holding pressure against
the cartridge body.’ This cannot be true of the ink-
dispensing material in the Koitabashi, et al. reference,
because, as shown in Figs. 35-37 it is the most compressed in
order to achieve its ink-supplying function clearly shown by
the heavy arrows in Fig. 37, for example.” (Appeal Br. at
15.) The examiner responds, “Koitabashi et al disclose ...
initial outer dimensions of the first material exceed inner
dimensions of an accommodating space for the first material
(pg. 10, lines 10-12).” (Final Rejection at 2.)
Claims 10 and 21 specify in pertinent part the following
limitations: “initial outer dimensions of the first material
exceed inner dimensions of an accommodating space for the
first material in the cartridge body only sufficiently for
outwards holding pressure against the cartridge body.” Giving
the claims their broadest reasonable interpretation, the
limitations require inter alia that the initial outer
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