Appeal No. 2003-0256
Application No. 09/334,375
Cardullo and Mochizuki, and claim 54 over Purcell in view of
Mallory.1
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejections. We need to
address only the independent claims, i.e., claims 1, 6, 8, 19,
26, 43, 50, and 54.
Claims 1, 19 and 43
Claims 1, 19 and 43 require an ink containing consumable
having a transponder coupled thereto (claim 1) or associated
therewith (claims 19 and 43).
Purcell discloses an ink jet printer having replaceable ink
cartridges, each of which has a memory element with ink
information stored therein (col. 2, lines 34-35). The memory
element can be 1) a multi-bit binary code formed by traces on a
flex circuit attached to the ink jet cartridge, or 2) an
integrated circuit which interfaces with printer electronics by a
two wire connection (col. 2, lines 42-44 and 49-52). The multi-
bit binary code flex circuit has contacts that mate with contacts
on a print carriage (col. 5, line 64 - col. 6, line 5). The two-
wire conductive connection between the integrated circuit and the
1 A rejection of claims 50 and 51 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
over U.S. 5,347,274 to Hassett is withdrawn in the examiner’s
answer (page 7).
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