Appeal No. 96-1380
Application 08/219,189
claims separate consideration. 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7).
Instead, the brief merely asserts that whereas the claims of
the first group are broad enough to read on a transfer member
in the form of an intermediate transfer member, the claims of
the second group are directed to transfer members in the form
of bias transfer rolls and transport belts. "Merely pointing
out differences in what the claims cover is not an argument as
to why the claims are separately patentable." Id.
Consequently, all of the appealed claims will be treated as
standing or falling with claim 14, the broadest claim, which
reads as follows.
14. A transfer apparatus in which residual material on a
transfer member is removed to a photoconductive member,
comprising:
a blade, movable between a first position, contacting the
transfer member, and a second position, spaced from the
transfer member, said blade accumulating residual material in
the first position; and
a biasing device associated with the transfer member, for
selectively applying to the transfer member a bias of a first
polarity or a bias of a second polarity, opposite to the first
polarity, said blade being in the first position in response
to said biasing device applying the bias of the first
polarity, and the biasing device applying the bias of the
second polarity in response to the blade being in the second
position as to attract the accumulated residual material to
the photoconductive member.
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