Appeal No. 2000-0166
Application No. 07/809,042
both classified in the same class and subclass of the U.S.
Patent system can be viewed [as non-related.] Maltsev shows the
hole at a non-geometric center when considering only one plate.”
We agree with the examiner to the extent that both the admitted
prior art and the Maltsev references are directed to the
problems with ink-jet printers and the alignment of the nozzles
and the working chambers formed by different plates. However,
the construction of Maltsev is distinctly different from the
appellants’ recited structure. The structure in Maltsev is made
up of a plurality of plates forming the working chambers stacked
on top of each other in the vertical direction, whereas in the
appellants’ recited structure, the sets of plates forming the
working chambers lie in the same plane, and are separated from
each other in the horizontal direction. Therefore, the problem
of alignment in the Maltsev device is different from the
alignment problem in the Appellants’ arrangement. The position
and the importance of pin 14 and hole 10d in Maltsev together
with the alignment notch 10e (Figure 2) is different from the
function of the pin 58 in the pin hole 52 of the appellants’
structure (figure 2 of appellants disclosure). Therefore, we
agree with appellants that an artisan would not have looked to
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