Appeal No. 1997-2839
Application No. 08/448,778
rejection of claim 16. Likewise, the examiner's rejection of
dependent claims 24 and 25 under 35 U.S.C. ' 103 is also not
sustained.
The 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of claims 16 and 17 as
unpatentable over Marazzi '684 or Marazzi '467 in view of
Nelson.
Regarding the rejection of claim 16 under 35 U.S.C. ' 103
as unpatentable over Marazzi '684 or Marazzi '467 in view of
Nelson, we find that Nelson does not overcome the above noted
deficiencies of Marazzi '684 or Marazzi '467.
It is the examiner's contention that it would have been
obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having
ordinary skill in the art "to have employed a transfer foil
with an adhesive layer and a preprinted receiving paper having
a thermoplastic component heated prior to the transfer step,
in the process taught by either Marazzi et al. '684 or Marazzi
et al. '467, since Nelson recognizes the desirability of
preheating an adhesive transfer foil to enhance subsequent
transfer and adhesion" (answer, page 9).
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