Appeal No. 1998-0668
Application 08/036,650
For the sake of argument, we assume that the dye in
Hermann could be called an ink because Hermann discusses a
printing recipe.
Appellant argues that Hermann does not relate to a
process for transferring a multicolored image onto a textile
substrate and that Hermann is strictly limited to a method
for producing a single dye color (Br4).
The statement of the rejection does not state where
Hermann discloses printing a multicolored image. The
Examiner's response to Appellant's argument alleges (EA10):
"Hermann teaches printing multicolored images on a substrate
by mixing different dyes (columns 3 and 4)."
Hermann teaches mixing dyes to produce a certain color
at columns 3 and 4, but we do not find where Hermann
expressly discloses printing multicolored images. At
column 6, Hermann discloses digitizing a reference shade
(singular) and correcting the reference shade. It may have
been understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that the
colors in Hermann were for use in a multicolored printing
process, but Hermann does not disclose anything about the
actual printing process. While it may have been trivially
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