Appeal No. 2000-1347
Application No. 08/740,283
neighboring to said corresponding current receiver
member, wherein
a distance L3 from the inner end of said carrier to
the outer end of said current receiver member
neighboring to said carrier is 1 mm or more, a sum (L1+L2)
of a width L1 of said insulating member and a height L2 of
said insulating member from the outer surface of said core
roller is 2.5 mm or more, and said distance L3 and said
width L1 satisfy a relationship of L3>L1.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied upon by the examiner to reject the
appealed claims are:
Kogure et al. (Kogure) 4,813,372 Mar. 21,
1989
Watanabe 5,575,942 Nov. 19,
1996
THE REJECTIONS ON APPEAL
Claims 1 through 7 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Kogure.
Claims 9 through 16 stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Kogure in view of
Watanabe.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 18 and 20) and to the examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 19) for the respective positions of the appellant
and the examiner with regard to the merits of these
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