Appeal No. 1998-0668
Application 08/036,650
argued that the prior art in the field of printing on
textile substrates is to use only one printing ink per
separate area to be printed and that the Examiner has not
cited a single reference suggesting that textile substrates
may be printed using up to three inks on top of one another
(Br6).
The rejection relies on the APA, which states that it
was known to print on textile substrates using inks on top
of one another, but that this procedure in most cases gives
unsatisfactory results (specification, pp. 1-2). Appellant
does not address the teaching of the APA in combination as
applied in the rejection.
Appellant argues that Phillips does not suggest that
the test surfaces and actual printed surfaces should be the
same (Br6): "At best, Phillips suggests that the test
charts should be printed on various types of paper, of which
one surface may [have] characteristics similar to the
desired printing surface."
We disagree. Phillips discloses that "the final colour
printing is performed on the same selected surfaces as
specified in said kit and using exactly the same specified
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