Appeal No. 2001-0948
Application No. 08/959,138
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A method for selecting printing features at print
time comprising the steps of:
(a) upon a user selecting to perform a first print job
from an application, displaying a print dialog box;
(b) upon the user closing the print dialog box without
canceling the first print job, displaying a media-type pop-
up dialog box which allows a user to specify which type of
media is to be used for printing the first print job;
(c) upon the user changing selection of media-type,
changing print parameters for the first print job; and
(d) upon the user closing the media-type pop-up dialog
box without canceling the first print job, printing the
first print job.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Kimura et al. (Kimura) 4,666,801 May 19, 1987
Stephenson et al. (Stephenson) 5,369,419 Nov. 29, 1994
Laumeyer et al. (Laumeyer) 5,572,632 Nov. 5, 1996
Kubo et al. (Kubo) 5,828,461 Oct. 27, 1998
(filed Nov. 15, 1996)
Cameron et al. (Cameron) 5,839,117 Nov. 17, 1998
(filed Jan. 6, 1997)
Anglin et al. (Anglin) 5,862,322 Jan. 19, 1999
(filed Feb. 15, 1996)
Claims 1 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Kubo in view of Laumeyer.
Claims 2 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Kubo in view of Laumeyer and Anglin.
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