Appeal No. 1997-3856
Application No. 08/313,794
Claim 8 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads
as follows:
8. A printing apparatus which prints an image on a
sheet by thermally pressing an ink ribbon with a printing
head, said printing apparatus comprising:
a motor;
a driving roller driven by said motor;
a driven roller spaced apart from said driving roller by
a predetermined distance;
a belt wound around said driving roller and said driven
roller;
a head conveyor located above said belt and having a
printing head;
means for conveying said head conveyor; and
means for controlling said head conveyor to cause
printing from a leading edge of a sheet to a bottom edge of
said sheet when said sheet is disposed on said belt.
No prior art references of record are relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims.
Claims 8 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 16,
mailed August 5, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection, and to appellant's Brief (Paper
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