Appeal No. 95-4546
Application No. 08/071,008
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1
through 23. After submission of the brief, the examiner found
claims 21 and 22 to be allowable over the prior art of record
(Answer, page 1). Accordingly, claims 1 through 20 and 23 remain
before us on appeal.
The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus
for using a computer and a color photocopier to produce a
multicolor element with indicia thereon.
Claims 1 and 15 are illustrative of the claimed invention,
and they read as follows:
1. A method of constructing a functional multicolor element
having indicia thereon, utilizing a computer and a color
photocopier, comprising the steps of:
(a) electronically creating or providing in the computer an
electronic simulation of the desired functional multicolor
element, with indicia thereon;
(b) under the control of the computer, transmitting
electronic signals from the computer to the photocopier so that
the photocopier transforms the electronic simulation of the
desired functional multicolor element onto a piece of sheet
material; and
(c) using the functional multicolor element with other
elements to produce a functioning object.
15. Apparatus for producing multicolor instrument faces,
comprising:
a computer;
a color photocopier;
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