Appeal No. 96-3101
Application 08/020,570
hold ink. Once all the activated points
have been charged, the print form is used
to print the desired image. This circuit
arrangment [sic, arrangement] of the <048
patent ?activates and de-activates regions
of a surface matrix? as claimed. The
transistors used in <048 act as the recited
?threshold value switches?. As is
conventional in the art of electronic
switching, transistors are used to switch
between on and off states. When no voltage
is applied to the gate of the transistors,
they are in a non-conducting (high
resistance or off) state. When a positive
voltage is applied to the gates of the
transistors in the <048 circuit, the
transistors are in a low resistance
conducting ?on? state. Therefore the
transistors in <048 act as the recited
?threshold value switches?. [Answer, page
3.]
We have carefully considered the issues raised in this
appeal together with the examiner’s remarks and appellant’s
arguments. As a result, we will sustain the rejection of
claims 1 through 12 and 14 through 30, but not the rejection
of claim 13.
In presenting various arguments in the argument section
commencing on page 26 of the brief, appellant does not
expressly refer to any particular claim with the exception of
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