Appeal No. 1998-2215
Application 08/700,578
forming apparatus such as a copy machine or a printer, and to
a fixing apparatus which uses this device. Claim 1, which is
directed toward the heating and fixing device, is
illustrative:
1. A heat generating medium for image fixing,
comprising:
an electrically and thermally conductive support layer
having a thickness of greater than or equal to 3 µm;
an adhesion prevention layer formed on a surface of said
conductive support layer; and
a heat generating layer having a thickness of less than
or equal to 20 µm formed on another surface of said conductive
support layer.
THE REFERENCE
Akutsu et al. (Akutsu) 5,151,719 Sep. 29, 1992
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-8, 10-15 and 19-24 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Akutsu.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejection. We need to
address only claim 1, which is the broadest claim.
Akutsu discloses a heat generating medium for image
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