Appeal No. 1999-1889 Page 11
Application No. 08/366,988
producing capacities respectively for dispensing and storing
ink, the first and second materials each having one side only
in surface-to-surface contact with each other ....”
Second, the appellants argue, “there is no teaching in
the Koitabashi, et al. reference toward ... the vent being in
the same side of the cartridge body as the communication
opening for discharging ink.” (Appeal Br. at 11.) The
examiner responds, “Koitabashi et al teach that ‘the position
of the air vent is not limited ...’ (pg. 10, lines 20-25, also
see Figs. 5-9, various positions of vent 13); it would be
obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art that the venting
hole in the above-mentioned embodiments (Figs 35-38, 42, 43)
can be reposition [sic] to be on the one side of the cartridge
body wherein the walls of the cartridge body around the second
material are then fully sealed for the purpose of allowing ink
and air volume expansion in the cartridge.” (Final Rejection
at 2-3.)
Representative claim 1 specifies in pertinent part the
following limitations: “the cartridge body having a
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