Appeal No. 1997-2499 Application No. 08/228,449 remaining in the application. Claims 10 and 12 were canceled by amendment executed March 13, 1996. Claims 43 and 51 were canceled in an amendment executed September 12, 1995. Claim 8 was canceled in an amendment executed August 14, 1995. Claims 1 through 6 stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being drawn to a non-elected invention. See 37 C.F.R. § 1.142(b). THE INVENTION The invention is directed to a method of erasing a recording agent and an erasing apparatus. The apparatus comprises a liquid state catalyst coating means, an erasing processing means/heating and irradiation means for heating and irradiating the recording medium. A feeding path P is provided along which the liquid state catalyst coating means and the erasing processing means are disposed. The coating means is located upstream of the erasing means. Both the method and apparatus claims recite that the feeding speed is changed in accordance with a change in the temperature of the feeding path. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007