Appeal No. 96-3392
Application 08/121,512
brush type as shown in figures 2 and 3, which does not change
position. As shown in figure 10, "the drive of the developing
means [1ST DEVELOP. DEVICE (3)] and the application of the
developing bias voltage to said developing means [BIAS SW ]
1
are started a predetermined time after the rotating of said
latent image carrier [PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER] and the charging
operation of said charging means [1ST CHARGER (2)] have been
started," as recited in claim 20.
Appellants' arguments (Br12-14, Issue V(B)) are
essentially identical to the arguments with respect to claim 1
and are unconvincing for the same reasons. Appellants have
not rebutted the examiner's position that it would have been
obvious to apply the delay system of Yokoyama to a one-
developer system. There is no suggestion that the
two-component developers in Yokoyama move into and out of
position as implied by appellants. The rejection of
claims 20-22, 24, 31, and 37 is sustained.
Claims 23, 30, and 36 -- Yokoyama and Kurokawa
Appellants' arguments regarding claims 23, 30, and 35
(Br17-18, Issue V(F)) are in the nature of a description of
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