Appeal No. 1997-0693
Application 08/226,684
Representative claim 8 is reproduced below:
8. A dye donor element for use in a thermal printing
system using light sources for detecting said dye donor
element, comprising one or more dye frames and at least two
repetitive detection areas arranged in a margin of said dye
donor element along said dye frames and occurring at a regular
distance and being either transparent or opaque to light
emitted by said light sources.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Shinma et al. (Shinma) 4,573,059 Feb. 25, 1986
Sparer et al. (Sparer) 4,642,655 Feb. 10, 1987
Claims 1, 3 through 5 and 7 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Shinma, whereas claims 2 and
6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over this same
reference.
Additionally, claims 8 through 10 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Sparer.
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