Appeal No. 1999-1889 Page 3
Application No. 08/366,988
Claim 1, which is representative for present purposes,
follows:
1. An ink cartridge, comprising first and second
vacuum producing materials respectively having first
and second vacuum producing capacities respectively
for dispensing and storing ink, the first and second
materials being in surface-to-surface contact with
each other enclosed inside a cartridge body, the
cartridge body having a communication opening
through one side of the cartridge body that is in
communication with the first material for
discharging the ink from the first material and the
cartridge body and a venting hole in the one side of
the cartridge body for balancing pressure inside and
outside of the cartridge body.
The prior art applied by the examiner in rejecting the
claims follows:
Koitabashi et al. (“Koitabashi”), European Patent
Application 0581531, Feb. 1994
Barta, Translation of French Patent 2,229,320 (Dec.
1974).
Claims 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 13, and 16-22 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Koitabashi. Claims 12, 14,
15, and 23-26 stand rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over
Koitabashi in view of Barta. Rather than reiterate the
arguments of the appellants or examiner in toto, we refer the
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