Appeal No. 1997-1381
Application 08/188,925
page which has been completely discharged is
cancelled from the backup buffer region.” The
recitation does not mention “i.e. successfully
printed”, it is the Appellant interpretation that
“When data regarding a page which has been
completely discharged” means “i.e. successfully
printed.”
(B) If the Appellant interpretation is correct,
image data supplied from the host system is
compressed and is then stored as backup data when
paper jamming occurs; (see column 15, lines 55-58)
and (see column 36, lines 24-27), so that eventually
the image data can be printed once the paper jam is
corrected or eliminated. This is the reason why the
image data is saved in the backup buffer. Once the
paper jamming is corrected or eliminated, and “When
data regarding a page which has been completely
discharged” as noted at column 36, lines 61-63,
(under the JAM BACKUP), (meaning after the paper jam
is corrected or eliminated, otherwise the print data
cannot be printed), the image data in the backup
buffer is not needed any longer and therefore it is
cancelled from the backup buffer region, because the
image data was “i.e. successfully printed”.
(Supplemental answer-pages 2 and 3.)
We have carefully reviewed Maniwa and can understand how
it is possible to interpret this reference in the two opposing
ways presented by the Examiner and the Appellant. However, we
agree with the Appellant that the weight of the evidence
favors Appellant’s interpretation.
Column 37, lines 4-6 recite:
The CPU 131 in the printer controller 130 looks
up the designated information on the backup at the
time of inputting the image data at step 1031 of
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