Ex parte SCHLUETER, JR., et al. - Page 4


          Appeal No. 2000-0835                                                        
          Application No. 09/056,945                                                  

          resistance (170 ohms/square) of those portions 61 and 62 of the             
          layer 64 of the fuser 52 between rollers 56, 58 and 60.                     
          Portions 61 and 62 comprise fusing zone 72.  It appears that one            
          of ordinary skill in the art would not have added thermally                 
          conductive material to layer 64 of the fuser, because by doing              
          so one would have significantly changed the resistance and the              
          heat generating characteristics of the portions 61 and 62 of the            
          fusing zone.                                                                


                                      REVERSED                                        




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