Ex parte BROWN et al. - Page 8




          Appeal No. 96-3950                                                          
          Application No. 08/131,056                                                  


          and ordering data blocks to the previously discussed                        
          decompression feature as operations to be performed on the                  
          serialized data.  In our view, since Dennis clearly discloses               
          (columns 16 and 17) the blocking of data as part of the                     
          development of print data, the assembling and ordering of                   
          these blocks in addition to decompression would necessarily                 
          have to be performed at the printer in the "option 1" mode.                 
               With respect to the limitations regarding the sending of               
          image initialization commands to the printer and the                        
          subsequent sending of serializable print data from host to                  
          printer after initialization, the Examiner (Answer, page 3)                 
          has referenced column 14, line 60 through column 15, line 4                 
          and column 27, lines 27-35 of Dennis.  The first passage                    
          involves the sending of status commands from the host computer              
          to the printer while the second involves the selection of                   
          options or modes of operation.  The Examiner argues at page 9               
          of the Answer that the claimed limitation is met since Dennis               
          provides for communication of commands from the host to the                 
          printer and "initialization" is disclosed as being mode                     
          selection in Appellants’ specification.                                     


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