Appeal No. 2000-1347
Application No. 08/740,283
to the outer end of the current receiver member neighboring
the carrier is 1 mm or more, a sum (L1+L2) of the width L1 of
the insulating member and the height L2 of the insulating
member is 2.5 mm or more, and the distance L3 and the width L1
satisfy a relationship of L3>L1. Reading the limitations in
claim 1 relating to the carriers, current receiver members and
insulating members on Kogure’s bushing/bearing assemblies 5,
6, power supply rings 7 and the portions of insulating layers
21, 23 disposed between each power supply ring 7 and the
neighboring bushing/bearing assembly 5, 6, respectively, the
examiner finds that the claim limitations relating to L1, L2
and L3 are met by the corresponding parameters in Kogure (see
pages 2 and 3 in the answer). According to the examiner, this
finding is factually supported by Kogure’s disclosure of the
thicknesses of insulating layers 21 and 23 and heat-generating
layer 22 and depiction in Figure 10 of the relative dimensions
of the roller elements shown therein.
Kogure’s disclosure of the thicknesses of insulating
layers 21 and 23 and heat-generating layer 22 provides
reasonable support for finding, as the examiner does, that
Kogure’s “insulating members” (the portions of insulating
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