Appeal No. 1998-0889
Application 08/006,585
applicant's challenge to a finding of Official Notice, the references
should be made part of the official rejection. The rejection we
review is the one in the statement of the rejection.
Obviousness
Hakamatsuka discloses a system for issuing ID cards in which
image data (e.g., a person's photograph, signature, etc.) and
attribute data (e.g. name, employee number, address, telephone
number, etc., col. 6, lines 26-28) are printed onto a
pre-manufactured blank card having fixed information such as a
design, the company's mark, etc. (col. 8, lines 46-48; col. 12,
lines 37-57, referring to figure 15). Gradational images such as a
photograph and handwritten signature are printed out by a sublimation
transfer method and non-gradational images such as a name are printed
out by a thermal transfer method to make best use of the properties
of the two methods (col. 6, lines 48-55; figure 10). Hakamatsuka
discloses that a flat transfer apparatus can be used where the cards
are not flexible enough for a roll transfer apparatus (col. 11,
lines 36-41). It is further disclosed (col. 13, lines 17-24):
The processing can be effected directly on a substrate, and no
post-processing is needed. Since recording can be effected
through editing process, it is possible to completely match
each individual identification photograph, code information,
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