Appeal No. 1998-2471 Page 13
Application No. 08/222,913
detachable manner and for drawing out ink from the ink chamber
....” (Examiner’s Answer at 16.) We agree with the examiner.
Independent claim 12 specifies in pertinent part “ink
draw out means including means for attaching to said ink
storing means in a detachable manner, for drawing out ink from
said ink chamber ....” Inoue teaches a hollow needle 3a,
which penetrates a septum 5 of an ink container 4. When the
septum is penetrated, ink is drawn out from the container
through the needle to a printing head 3. Translation of
Inoue, p. 4. The reference’s teaching would have suggested
the ink draw out means as claimed.
For the foregoing reasons, the examiner has established a
prima facie case of obviousness. Therefore, we affirm the
rejection of claims 12 and 20. Next, we address the
obviousness of claims 13-15.
Claims 13-15
Regarding claims 13-15, the appellants argue, “While Kern
does show some of the electrodes separated by element 4 (See
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