Appeal No. 2002-0178
Application 09/385,909
is satisfied by Collins, in effect, Collins satisfies claims 10
and 11.
We therefore affirm this rejection.
IV. The rejection of claims 13 and 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
Collins in view of Beach
Claims 13 and 14 depend upon claim 8 and claim 13 recites
that X can be sodium, and claim 14 recites that X can be an
alkali metal. Therefore, Collins satisfies claims 13 and 14 when
X is ammonium or when X is an alkali metal. See column 6, lines
31-35 of Collins.
Hence, we affirm this rejection.
V. The rejection of claim 23 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Collins
in view of Satake
Claim 23 depends upon claim 1, and recites “wherein the
colorant is a dye.” Claim 1 uses the word “comprises”. Hence,
additional colorants, in addition to a dye, may exist in the
preparation of the ink according to claim 1. As pointed out by
the examiner on page 9 of the answer, Satake discloses the use of
a dye in conjunction with a pigment in order to adjust the hue of
the ink. We find such disclosure provides sufficient motivation
to utilize a dye (in conjunction with a pigment, which claim 1
does not exclude) in an ink composition to adjust the hue of the
ink.
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