Ex parte BOREALI et al. - Page 6




          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.                                                                


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