Appeal No. 2002-0728
Application No. 09/404,570
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
Claims 1, 6, 7, 10, 14 and 23 are representative of the
subject matter on appeal and read as follows:2
1. A hot melt ink composition comprising (a) an aldehyde
copolymer ink vehicle, (b) a nonpolymeric aldehyde viscosity
modifier, (c) a colorant, (d) an optional conductivity enhancing
agent, (e) an optional antioxidant, and (f) an optional UV
absorber.
6. An ink composition according to claim 1 wherein the ink
exhibits a conductivity of no less than about 6 log(picomho/cm).
7. An ink composition according to claim 1 wherein images
generated with the ink exhibit a haze value of no more than about
25.
10. An ink composition according to claim 1 wherein the
nonpolymeric aldehyde viscosity modifier is 3-hydroxy benzaldehyde,
4-hydroxy benzaldehyde, 4-benzyloxy benzaldehyde, 2-carboxy
benzaldehyde, 4-nitro benzaldehyde, 2,3-dihydroxy benzaldehyde,
2,5-dihydroxy benzaldehyde, 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy benzaldehyde, 4-
hydroxy-3-methoxy benzaldehyde, 4-hydroxy-3-ethoxy benzaldehyde,
4-hydroxy-3-methyl benzaldehyde, 2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzaldehyde, 3-
hydroxy-4-nitrobenzaldehyde, 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzaldehyde, 3,4-
dibenzyloxy benzaldehyde, 3,5-dibenzyloxy benzaldehyde, 4-acetoxy-
3,5-dimethoxy benzaldehyde, 2-amino-3,5-dibromo benzaldehyde, 2-
2 According to the appellant (Brief, Page 7):
The rejected claims do not stand or fall together.
Appellant will discuss distinctions between all of the appealed
claims....
However, the appellant only argues the examiner’s individual
rejections and the limitations of claims 4 and 10 separately.
Therefore, for purposes of this appeal, we select claims 1, 4, 6,
7, 10, 14, 23 from all of the appealed claims and determine the
propriety of the examiner’s rejections based on these claims
consistent with 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7) (2001).
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