Appeal No. 96-3102
Application 08/322,971
We REVERSE.
The appellant's invention pertains to a thermal printing
system adapted to compensate for changes in power supply
voltage as a function of the number of resistance elements
that are simultaneously energized, and to a method of
operating such a thermal printing system. Independent claims
1 and 10 are further illustrative of the appealed subject
matter and copies thereof may be found in the appendix to the
brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Sasaki 5,109,235 Apr. 28, 1992
Bruch 0 458 507 Nov. 27, 1991
(European Patent Application)
Claims 1-3 and 5-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over the European patent application in
view of Sasaki.
The examiner's rejection is explained on pages 3-5 of the
answer. The arguments of the appellant and examiner in
support of their respective positions may be found on pages 4-
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