Appeal No. 1997-1004
Application No. 08/095,479
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a process of printing/recording an image on
plain paper and applying pressure to forcibly penetrate the ink into the plain paper. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which
is reproduced below.2
1. An ink recording method for forming an image on a plain paper
comprising:
printing the plain paper having a weight of from about 60 to 90 g/m2
with an aqueous ink having a surface tension of 30 to 65 dyne/cm, and
immediately thereafter, within 60 seconds after printing, applying from
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1 to 300 Kg/cm pressure on the plain paper, whereby the ink is penetrated
forcibly into the plain paper
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Roteman et al. (Roteman) 3,846,151 Nov. 05, 1974
Brenneman et al. (Brenneman) 3,854,975 Dec. 17, 1974
Maekawa et al. (Maekawa)4,308,542 Dec. 29, 1981
Iwata et al. (Iwata) 4,931,810 Jun. 05, 1990
(Eff. Filing date- Dec. 22, 1987)
Koike et al. (Koike ‘980) 5,067,980 Nov. 26, 1991
(Eff. Filing date- Dec. 23, 1987)
Koike et al. (Koike ‘036) 5,257,036 Oct. 26, 1993
(Eff. Filing date- Dec. 01, 1987)
Suzuki JP-63221046 Sep. 14, 1988
2We note that the specification contains a number of spelling and grammatical errors, e.g., "shelf"
at p. 4, line 22; "dyne" at p. 6 et seq.; "various", at p. 15, line 24; "Hewlett" at p. 19, line 22.
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