Appeal No. 2002-1710 Page 3
Application No. 09/023,441
storing a single operating system in the printer;
comparing said data format with said single printer operating
system;
downloading an operating system which corresponds to said data
format from the host computer to the printer if said single printer operating
system does not correspond to said data format;
transmitting print data associated with said print job from the host
computer to the printer; and
printing on the print medium with the printer using said print data.
Claims 1, 4, 5, and 7-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over
U.S. Patent No. 5,228,118 ("Sasaki") and U.S. Patent No. 5,671,341 ("Kashiwazaki").
Claims 2 and 3 stand rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over Sasaki; Kashiwazaki; and
U.S. Patent No. 5,050,0981 ("Brown"). Claims 6 and 10-12 stand rejected under
§ 103(a) as obvious over Sasaki; Kashiwazaki; and U.S. Patent No. 5,293,466
("Bringmann").
OPINION
Our opinion addresses the claims in the following order:
• claims 1 and 4-11
1Although the Prior Art of Record section of the examiner's answer lists U.S.
Patent No. 5,239,621 to Brown, the remainder of the answer and the appellants' briefs
are directed to U.S. Patent No. 5,050,098 to Brown.
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