Appeal No. 1998-0889
Application 08/006,585
means for printing a permanent record of the client
personal information at time of card issuance, comprising:
plotting mechanism;
communication means for communicating client
personal information to the plotting mechanism;
a means for holding the customized
pre-manufactured plastic card in printing position;
smudge resistant ink; and
a means for delivering the ink such that the
ink instantly and permanently adheres to the prepared
writing surface.
The Examiner relies on Appellant's admitted prior art (APA)
(specification, p. 1) that cards were made of polyvinyl chloride
(PVC) or polyester and on the following prior art references:
Hyde 4,573,711 March 4, 1986
Cannistra 4,938,830 July 3, 1990
Markoff et al. (Markoff) 5,058,039 October 15, 1991
Hakamatsuka et al. (Hakamatsuka) 0 440 814 August 14, 1991
(European Patent Application)
Otsuka2 4-348996 December 3, 1992
(Japanese Published Unexamined Patent Application (Kokai))
Claims 1, 3, 4, 6-9, 17, 22, 23, and 41-46 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Hakamatsuka and Otsuka.
2 Our understanding of Otsuka is based on a translation
prepared by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a copy of which
accompanies this decision.
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