Appeal No. 1999-1965 Application 08/529,230 standing 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, rejection of claims 5, 6, 17, 18 and 20. With regard to the standing prior art rejections, Boreali, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses a linerless label printer and transport system comprising a roll of linerless labels 13 mounted on an unwind core 12, a label guide 15, a transport plate 16, a driven platen roller 17, a thermal printhead 18, a stripper blade/bridge 42, a cutter 60 and an exit plate 65. These elements are arranged as shown in Figures 1 and 2. As conceded by the examiner (see page 4 in the answer), the Boreali system fails to meet the limitations in independent claims 1, 16 and 19 requiring first and second drive rolls for engaging the labels and taking them off a supply. In the Boreali system, this function is performed by driven platen roller 17. Boreali also fails to respond to the limitations in independent claim 1 requiring the drive rolls to be grooved and to be associated with first and second sets of stripper and guiding fingers disposed in at least some of the grooves. -6-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007