Appeal No. 2001-2579 Page 9
Application No. 08/885,996
step S13 is followed by step S16 to find out the print driver or drivers in the hard disk,
which is/are compatible with or applicable to the language interpreter or interpreters
represented by the received interpreter-identification data." Id. at ll. 44-50.
Third, the examiner asserts, "Sasaki teaches . . . generating print data
corresponding to the confirmed data processing form of the printer (Col. 6, lines 50-53).
. . ." (Examiner's Answer at 2-3.) The appellant argues, "Sasaki's language
interpreters do not generate print data corresponding to a confirmed data processing
form of the printer, but instead interpret commands from the computer to the printer to
tell the printer how to format (font size, graphics, compression of data sent to the
printer, color, etc.) the document being printed." (Reply Br. at 9.)
Claim 1 specifies in pertinent part the following limitations: "generating print data
corresponding to the confirmed data processing form of said printer. . . ." Giving the
representative claim its broadest, reasonable construction, the limitations require
generating print data corresponding to the printer's form of data processing.
Turning to Sasaki, we find that the reference's PC, after confirming its printer's
form of language (as explained regarding the second point of contention), generates
print data corresponding to the form. Specifically, after storing the aforementioned print
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