The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte GARY M. NOBEL, NICHOLAS NICOLOFF JR., THOMAS M. SABO and CLAYTON L. HOLSTUN _____________ Appeal No. 2000-0703 Application No. 08/490,268 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JERRY SMITH, LALL, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges LALL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 6, 8, 10, 13 through 20 and 24 through 26, all of the pending claims in the application. The disclosed invention relates to an inkjet printer with a printhead wherein means are provided to cause all nozzles and ink ejection elements in the printhead to be used about the same to 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007