Appeal No. 1998-0889
Application 08/006,585
e.g., name, post, ID number, etc., magnetic stripe recording
information and emboss information.
The English abstract of Otsuka discloses manufacturing a
plastic ID card from a sheet of synthetic resin using a plotter
attached to a computer. A number of plastic cards are manufactured
from one sheet of the synthetic paper. The translation discloses
that the information is printed using an oil-based ink with a
ballpoint pen, felt tip pen, etc. (translation, p. 8). The
translation discloses (translation, pp. 8-9): "In the above example,
multiple plastic cards were manufactured from one synthetic paper [4]
which was mounted on the plotter [1], but it can be devised to
manufacture one plastic card from one synthetic paper [4] mounted on
the plotter [1]."
The Examiner's rejection finds (EA4) that Hakamatsuka does not
disclose: (1) a plotting mechanism; (2) means for holding the pre-
manufactured card in a printing position; (3) smudge resistant ink;
and (4) means for delivering the ink. The Examiner states (EA4):
It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the
art at the time the invention was made to replace the printer
of Hakamatsuka et al. with the plotter of Otsuka since the
Examiner takes Official Notice of the equivalence use in the
art and the selection of any of these known equivalents to
write information on a plastic card would be within the level
of ordinary skill in the art. . . . Examiner takes Official
Notice that it would have been obvious to one having ordinary
skill in the art at the time the invention was made to use
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