Appeal No. 2001-1624
Application 09/164,583
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for
registering a new job in a printer in a simple fashion by
selecting a job that is already registered, editing or revising
the copy modes if desired, and registering the job as a new job.
This is similar to the well-known technique of creating a new
document in a word processing system by retrieving an old
document, editing it (or not), and giving it a new name.
Claim 18 is reproduced below.
18. A job registration method of an image forming
apparatus, comprising:
inputting image data;
registering said image data with operating modes as a job by
a first registering means;
selecting a job from among the jobs registered by said first
registering means; and
registering said selected job as a new job by a second
registering means.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Gauronski et al. (Gauronski) 5,206,735 April 27, 1993
Claims 1-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Gauronski.
We refer to the final rejection (Paper No. 9) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 16)
(pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the examiner's
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