Appeal No. 1998-3410
Application No. 08/444,062
control means for performing a control operation, such that when said
second mode is set, said mode setting means automatically switches from
said second mode to said first mode after completion of the printing of the
second data.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Paradise 4,947,345 Aug. 07, 1990
Claims 1-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Paradise.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the examiner's
answer (Paper No. 13, mailed Dec. 11, 1997) for the examiner's reasoning in support of
the rejection, and to the appellants’ brief (Paper No. 12, filed Jul. 8, 1997) and reply brief
(Paper No. 14, filed Feb. 10, 1998) for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art reference, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we make the determinations which follow.
Appellants argue that the teachings of Paradise fail to suggest the specific
elements and fail to provide any suggestion to modify the Paradise disclosure. (See brief
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