Appeal No. 1997-0947
Application 08/385,926
purposes of ink ejection and recording (Answer, pages 4 and 5). We agree with appellants (Brief,
page 10) that there would have been no motivation for one of ordinary skill in the art to make the
diaphragms of P/E elements convex in shape in order to focus energy, and that to have done so would
have involved the use of hindsight.
In view of the foregoing, the decisions of the examiner rejecting claims 1 to 7 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 are reversed.
REVERSED
JAMES D. THOMAS )
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ERIC FRAHM )
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