Appeal No. 96-3920
Application 08/151,891
vent hole in the flexible walls of the body. The method of
independent claim 8 requires, inter alia, a barrel having
flexible sidewalls defining an ink reservoir, and a vent in a
location in the sidewalls where the sidewalls can be flexibly
displaced. The method of independent claim 10 requires, inter
alia, a barrel
having flexible sidewalls while defining an ink reservoir, and
a vent in the sidewalls in a location in the sidewalls where
the sidewalls can be flexibly displaced.
We turn now to the evidence of obviousness.
The examiner relies upon the German document for its
disclosure in an abstract appended to the face thereof. The
pertinent language in the abstract being “Pressure is exerted
on the outer housing to exude the colouring through the pen”.
The examiner apparently did not obtain a translation of this
foreign language reference during the examination of this
application. However, we note that a translation of the
document was submitted by appellant as an attachment to Paper
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