Appeal No. 1996-3198 Page 3
Application No. 08/371,642
elastomeric member being receivable against the palm of the
user’s hand for helping to absorb the impact on the user’s palm
resulting from use of the labeler.
11. Method of making a hand-held labeler, comprising the
steps of: providing a housing having a manually graspable
handle, the handle having a pair of handle sections, means on
the housing for mounting a label supply roll of a composite web
having labels releasably adhered to a carrier web, a platen, a
print head cooperable with the platen for printing on the
labels, means for delaminating printed labels from the carrier
web, means for applying printed labels, means for advancing the
composite web to peel a printed label from the carrier web and
advance the printed label into label applying relationship with
the label applying means and to advance another label into the
printing position, wherein, the advancing means includes an
operating lever disposed at the handle and engageable by the
user’s fingers, wherein the handle includes a substantially
rigid handle member, and molding elastomeric material onto the
handle.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Bronson 1,934,256 Nov. 07,
1933
Hamisch, Jr. (Hamisch) 4,116,747 Sep. 26,
1978
Araujo et al. (Araujo) 5,403,430 Apr. 04,
1995
(Filed Jan. 14, 1994)
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Hamisch in view of Araujo. Claims 5-12
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Hamisch in view of Araujo and further in view of Bronson.
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