Appeal No. 2000-0290 Page 2
Application No. 08/670,805
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method for
producing a fixation roll used in an electrophotographic
apparatus. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in
the appendix to the appellants' brief.
Claims 5, 10 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Appellants Admitted Prior Art1
(hereinafter referred to as AAPA).
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the non-final office action
(Paper No. 16, mailed August 4, 1998) and the answer (Paper
No. 22, mailed June 7, 1999) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper
No. 21, filed May 24, 1999) and reply brief (Paper No. 23,
1Claim 10 (the only independent claim on appeal) is
drafted as a Jepson type claim in which the preamble of the
claim is an admission of prior art. Note, In re Fout, 675
F.2d 297, 213 USPQ 532 (CCPA 1982).
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