Appeal No. 2001-2441
Application No. 09/067,923
The appellants separately argue only claims 12, 14 and 17.
We therefore limit our discussion to these claims. Claims 16
and 18 stand or fall with claim 14 from which they depend. See
In re Burckel, 592 F.2d 1175, 1178-79, 201 USPQ 67, 70 (CCPA
1979); In re Herbert, 461 F.2d 1390, 1391, 174 USPQ 259, 260
(CCPA 1972); 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)(1997).
Claim 12
Tokunaga discloses a thermal magnetic transfer ribbon
comprising a flexible substrate and a coating on the substrate of
a thermal transfer material comprising 20-70 wt% wax, 0-30 wt%
resin, 0-30 wt% extender pigment, 0-30 wt% fat and oil, 0-2 wt%
dispersant, and 30-97 wt% ferromagnetic powder (col. 1, lines 6-
10; col. 2, lines 39-49; col. 3, lines 43-49). The thickness of
the thermal transfer material preferably is 2-25: (col. 3,
lines 42-43).
Tokunaga’s disclosed waxes are carnauba wax, montan wax,
paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax and bees wax (col. 3, lines
6-8), all of which are among the appellants’ waxes
(specification, page 6, lines 20-23). Tokunaga’s amount of wax,
20-70 wt%, encompasses the appellants’ preferred (25-55 wt%) and
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