Ex parte SUGIE et al. - Page 2




          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          1 through 6 stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner              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.                                                               


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