Appeal No. 1999-1574
Application No. 08/321,324
reduced, resulting in a reduction of cost. A further
understanding of the invention can be achieved by the
following claim.
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
carrying means for carrying charged toner particles;
electric-field control means for controlling a flow
of the charged toner particles; and
a back electrode disposed facing said carrying means
through said electric-field control means wherein said
electric-field control means comprises an electrode unit
including a plurality of openings through which the
charged toner particles pass, a data electrode adjacent
at least two of the plurality of openings, and a
selection electrode adjacent at least one of the
plurality of openings; and
means for time-divisionally driving said data
electrode and said selection electrode.
The examiner relies on the following references:2
Saito et al. (Saito) 59214053 Dec. 03,
1984 (published Japanese Patent Application)
Kitamura 5-84963 Apr. 06,
1993
(published Japanese Patent Application)
Claims 1 to 3, 7 to 13 and 17 to 19 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Kitamura.
2Our decision takes into account the English translation
of these two Japanese references. These two translations are
enclosed with this decision.
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