Appeal No. 2000-2263
Application No. 08/925,387
precision. In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475, 1479, 31 USPQ2d 1671,
1674 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
We note that independent claim 8 recites "said ink
feeding needle is disposed slightly behind said guiding shaft
in said thrust direction so that said ink feeding needle is
positioned in contact with said ink outlet piece when said
cartridge is properly positioned in said cartridge holder by
said hole and said guiding shaft." Therefore, we find that
the scope of Appellants' claim 8 positively requires the ink
feeding needle being disposed slightly behind the guiding
shaft.
In the Examiner's answer, the Examiner does not point to
any teaching in Appellants' prior art Figs. 7 and 8 or in
Nakamura of locating the ink feeding needle slightly behind
the guiding shaft. See pages 4 and 5 of the answer. The
Examiner, however, argues that one of ordinary skill in the
art would have made the modification to provide the ink
feeding needle behind the position guiding shaft. On pages 7
and 8 of the answer, the Examiner points to the admitted prior
art of Figs. 7 and 8 and the specification, page 2, lines 8
through 19, for a teaching of the motivation of providing
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