Appeal No. 1998-1655 Page 22
Application No. 08/367,766
reverse the rejection of claims 8-10, 21, and 23 as
anticipated by or as obvious over Yamada; claims 12-16, 22,
and 24-29 as obvious over Yamada; and claims 17-19 as obvious
over Yamada in view of Takahara. We next address claim 23.
Claim 23
The appellants argue, "[c]laim 23 requires that the
cartridge holder have a [sic] inner wall surface that is
planar and sufficiently extensive to contact a major portion
of the second main surface under the pressing force applied by
the biasing means.... Yamada, on the other hand, shows
contact at the specific points represented by projections 9,
9', on the corresponding surface." (Appeal Br. at 9-10.) The
examiner responds, "in FIG. 15, frame (holder 7) contacts a
'major portion' of the second main surface of the cartridge
1." (Examiner's Answer at 4.)
Claim 23 specifies in pertinent part the following
limitations: "said cartridge holder has an inner wall surface
that is planar and sufficiently extensive to contact a major
portion of the second main surface under the pressing force
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