The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte JAMES M. CHWALEK and DAVID L. JEANMAIRE
Appeal No. 2005-0284
Application No. 10/035,902
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, OWENS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-8,
all the claims pending in the present application. Claims 1 and
2 are illustrative:
1. An ink jet printer comprising:
a print head having an array of nozzles from which ink
droplets of adjustable volume are emitted;
a mechanism adapted to individually adjust the volume of the
emitted ink droplets, said mechanism having a first state wherein
the emitted droplets of selected nozzles are of a predetermined
small volume and a second state wherein the emitted droplets of
selected nozzles are of a predetermined large volume; and
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