Appeal No. 97-2904
Application 08/565,457
of sensing means for sensing the advancement of the sheet in
view of the description in column 6, lines 19-25, where it is
stated that the controller 136 provides the programmed
operating sequence “in response to machine operator inputs and
to sensing of various functions” as is known in the art. In
any event, Horikawa suggests the common practice of utilizing
sensors to sense the advancement of a sheet for supplying
inputs to a controller in a reproducing machine.
For the forgoing reasons, we are satisfied that the
subject matter of claim 2 would have been obvious in view of
the combined teachings of Dragstedt and Horikawa, if not
anticipated by Dragstedt alone. We will therefore sustain the
§ 103 rejection of claim 2. We will also sustain the § 103
rejection of claims 4 through 7 since these claims have not
been argued separately of claim 2. See In re Nielson, 816 F.2d
1567, 1571, 2 USPQ2d 1525, 1528 (Fed. Cir. 1987) and In re
Burckel, 592 F.2d 1175, 1178-79, 201 USPQ 67, 70 (CCPA 1979).
We cannot, however, sustain the § 103 rejection of
claims 8, 9 and 11 through 14. Unlike claims 1, 2 and 4
11
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