Appeal No. 1998-3391
Application 08/659,143
fails to teach a first printer and a second printer being
disposed one above the other as well as a web of paper being
inverted in a U- or C-shape between the output port and the
paper feed port of the two printers respectively. The
Examiner argues that it is well known in the prior art that it
would be more advantageous to place printers above each other
to conserve floor or desk space when the paper flows through
plural copying machines continuously to achieve double-sided
printing.
On page 3 of the reply brief, Appellant argues that the
Examiner's proposed modification requires a complex shifting
of one of the two printers from the multiple printer
configuration in Sugisaki. The shifting includes both a
translation and a rotation. Appellant argues that such
shifting in Sugisaki's configuration is not obvious and the
Examiner has been motivated to make this modification only
because of the hindsight provided by Applicant's disclosure.
We agree and we will not sustain this rejection as well.
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