Ex Parte SIWINSKI et al - Page 1




           The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written 
                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.          
                                                            Paper No. 15              

                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                          
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                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                             
                                AND INTERFERENCES                                     
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                   Ex parte MICHAEL J. SIWINSKI, SCOTT C. ROBINSON                    
                       ROBERT W. SPURR and TIMOTHY J. TREDWELL                        
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                                Appeal No. 2003-0256                                  
                             Application No. 09/334,375                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before BARRETT, OWENS, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 6, 8-           
          21 and 26-54, which are all of the claims pending in the                    
          application.                                                                
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellants claim an ink jet printer, an ink container              
          for use in the printer, and a method of operating the printer.              
          Claim 1, directed toward the printer, is illustrative:                      


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