Appeal No. 1998-0668
Application 08/036,650
(e) establishing an area on the textile substrate which
corresponds to each of the image areas of the original;
(f) producing a copy of the multicolored image of the
original on the textile substrate by printing the area
of the textile substrate corresponding to each image
area of the original with the relative volumes of the
selected printing inks determined in step (d), under
printing conditions that are the same as the specified
printing conditions of step (a), in order to reproduce
the color field corresponding to the color impression
of each image area on the area of the textile substrate
corresponding to the image area of the original.
The Examiner relies on the admitted prior art (APA)
that it was known to print multicolor images on a textile
substrate (specification, pp. 1-2) and to print and control
the image to a printing device (figures 1 and 2 and
corresponding text). The Examiner also relies on the
following patents:
Phillips 4,629,428 December 16, 1986
Hermann et al. (Hermann) 5,255,350 October 19,
1993
(filed February 22, 1991)
Claim 20 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Hermann.
Claims 21-36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Hermann and the APA.
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