Appeal No. 96-3392
Application 08/121,512
bias application timing control system of Kurokawa to a
one-component developer system. The examiner has established
a prima facie case of obviousness.
Appellants argue that "[a] conventional developing unit
of a two-component developer has a mechanism for bringing the
developing means into and out of contact with a latent image
carrier" (Br11) and "suffers from the problem that the
mechanism becomes large-sized and costly" (Br11). Appellants
argue that the claimed one-component developer "enables the
developing means to be always placed at the fixed position ...
and therefore becomes smaller-sized and less costly" (Br11).
Appellants argue that Kurokawa does not disclose or suggest
(1) "adopting the developing unit of a one-component
developer" (Br12), and (2) "the developing unit of a one-
component developer wherein no mechanism to move the
developing means is required" (Br12). These arguments do not
address the examiner's rejection, misapprehend the teachings
of Kurokawa, and are not persuasive.
Appellants argue that Kurokawa "does not disclose or
suggest adopting the developing unit of a one-component
developer" (Br12), i.e., that Kurokawa does not expressly
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