Appeal No. 2003-1251
Application 09/226,128
bringing the transfer member and the image receiving member
into close contact with each other so that the latent image is
sandwiched between the transfer material and the image receiving
member;
applying heat to cure the adhesive material so that the
transfer material is fixed to the image receiving member through
the cured adhesive material; and
after curing, separating the transfer member and the image
receiving member from each other such that the latent image is
fixed only to the image receiving member.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Hindman et al. (Hindman) 5,614,933 Mar. 25, 1997
Cloutier (EPA) 0 414 362 Feb. 27, 1991
Diggle (U.K. Patent) 2 259 888 Mar. 31, 1993
Claims 1, 3, 4 and 6-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Diggle. Also rejected under
this statutory provision are claims 1-4 and 6-8 as being
anticipated by Cloutier. Finally, claims 1-4, 6-8, 10-13 and
15-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Hindman.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the
examiner, reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective details thereof.
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