Appeal No. 1999-0006 Application No. 08/470,970 communication capability, relied on by the Examiner, between a host computer and printer in Davidson is not sufficient to establish a teaching of a printer-initiated connection under the specific conditions set forth in the appealed claims. With respect to the DeHart and Patel references relied on by the Examiner as providing a teaching of the use of an application layer interface and print job characteristic data, respectively, we find nothing in either of these disclosures that would overcome the innate deficiencies of Davidson discussed supra. 11Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007