Appeal No. 1996-3709
Application 07/980,221
body away from said lower body;
detaching a developing device detachably installed in
said lower body to access a portion of said paper path, said
portion of said paper path extending from a transferring
device positioned opposite a photosensitive drum detachably
installed in said upper body, to a lower roller means
installed in said lower body for conveying a sheet of paper
from a paper supply cassette to said transferring device; and
removing said jammed sheet of paper from said portion of
said paper path when said jammed sheet of paper is located in
said portion of said paper path.
The references relied on by the Examiner are:
Lawson 4,751,548 Jun. 14, 1988
Kando 4,772,915 Sep. 20, 1988
Tabuchi 5,089,846 Feb. 18, 1992
Ohsawa et al. (Ohsawa) 5,186,448 Feb. 16, 1993
(Effective filing date: Feb. 17,
1988)
Tsukakoshi et al. (Tsukakoshi) 5,300,979 Apr. 5, 1994
(Effective filing date: Oct. 7,
1991)
Claims 1 to 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 . As 3
evidence, the Examiner offers various combinations of Lawson,
Kando, Tabuchi, Ohsawa and Tsukakoshi.
Reference is made to Appellant’s briefs and the 4
3 Claims 21 to 28 had also been rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, however, the Examiner has withdrawn
this rejection of claims 21 to 28 [answer, page 4].
4 A reply brief [paper no. 25] was filed and its entry
into the record was approved [paper no. 26].
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