Appeal No. 2000-0335
Application No. 08/780,551 Page 14
be readily supplied to the control member without being
scattered, we find that the toner 11 on the toner conveying
member is capable of moving from the toner conveying member to
the control member. However, because Fujii discloses that due to
the alternating electric field, the toner particles are
reciprocally moved between the toner conveying member and the
control member to clean the toner conveying member; lightly
strikes the surface of the control member to prevent the openings
4 from clogging; brings back condensed toner 11b to the toner
conveying member, we find that the toner reciprocating between
the toner conveying member 7, 17 and the toner control member
(figure 1A) forms a cloud. We therefore will sustain the
rejection of independent claim 13. As appellants have stated
(brief, page 3) that claims 14-19 3 stand or fall with claim 13,
and consistent with this statement have not provided separate
arguments with respect to claims 14-19, claims 14-19 fall with
claim 13. Accordingly, the rejection of claims 13-19 under 35
U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed.
We turn next to the rejection of independent claim 25.
Appellants assert (brief, page 8) that Fujii does not disclose a
3 Although appellants list claims 14-20 as standing or falling with
claim 13, we will address claim 20 separately, in view of the examiner's
additional reliance on Kotz, as the claim stands rejected under a different
ground under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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