Appeal No. 96-1706
Application 08/203,461
for holding that the examiner has not established a case of prima
facie obviousness and we so hold.
Further, we agree with appellants that the skilled
artisan would have been unlikely to look toward Schwartz for a
teaching of controlling a tape motor for feeding tape to a
printing drum since Schwartz is directed to a postage meter which
utilizes an ink jet printing mechanism rather than a mechanical
drum mechanism.
The examiner's decision rejecting claims 1 through 3,
5, 6, 8 and 9 under 35 U.S.C. 103 is reversed.
REVERSED
JAMES D. THOMAS )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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ERROL A. KRASS ) BOARD OF PATENT
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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MICHAEL R. FLEMING )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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