Appeal No. 1997-1335
Application No. 08/201,023
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejec-
tion of claims 1 and 5, all of the claims pending in the
application.
The invention relates to a nozzle plate for an ink-
jet recorder, wherein the surface of the nozzle plate is
coated with a water-repellent coating. The coating surrounds
each nozzle hole except for a predetermined area immediately
adjacent each hole.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. A nozzle plate having one or more nozzle holes
for ejecting ink droplets, wherein a water-repellent coating
is formed on a surface of said nozzle plate surrounding said
nozzle holes, so as to leave an uncoated portion of said
nozzle plate surface surrounding said nozzle holes, said
uncoated portion having an outer diameter larger than a
diameter of said nozzle holes by no greater than approximately
140% of the diameter of said nozzle holes.
The references relied on by the Examiner are as
follows:
Fujimura et al. (Fujimara) 4,751,532 Jun. 14, 1988
Miura et al. (Miura) 4,801,955 Jan. 31, 1989
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