Appeal No. 2000-1972
Application No. 08/928,002
a printhead;
an ink delivery system adapted to provide inks to
the printhead; and
a sensor associated with said ink delivery system,
said sensor being sensitive to the label material in the ink
and adapted to produce a signal which is characteristic of the
concentration of the label material in the ink.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Anderson 5,424,766 Jun. 13, 1995
Yokono 5,754,195 May 19, 1998
Claims 1-4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as anticipated by Anderson.
Claims 5-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Anderson.
Claims 11-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Anderson in view of
Yokono.
The respective positions of the examiner and the
appellant with regard to the propriety of these rejections are
set forth in the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 16) and the
appellant’s brief (Paper No. 15).
Appellant’s Invention
The invention is described at page 2 of the brief.
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