Appeal No. 2000-1347
Application No. 08/740,283
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.
For the reasons discussed supra, the examiner’s reliance
on Kogure to meet these limitations is unsound. Moreover, the
above noted unreliability of Kogure’s drawings forestalls any
conclusion that Kogure would have suggested a fixing device
meeting these limitations. Watanabe, cited by the examiner
for its disclosure of a heating roller having thermal elements
on an inner surface thereof, does not cure these deficiencies.
Therefore, we shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) rejection of claim 9, or of claims 10 through 16
which depend therefrom, as being unpatentable over Kogure in
view of Watanabe.
IV. Additional matters for consideration by the examiner
Upon return of this application file to the technology
center, the examiner should consider whether the lack of
proper antecedent basis for the terms “said carrier” (claims
1, 3, 9, 11, 23 and 25), “said current receiver member”
(claims 1, 3, 9, 11, 23 and 25), “said insulating member”
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