Appeal No. 2003-0256
Application No. 09/334,375
printer electronics preferably is created automatically when the
cartridge is installed in a drop-and-click type cartridge
receptacle on the print carriage (col. 2, lines 54-58; col. 6,
lines 33-43).
Purcell’s ink jet printer has a roll of print media, the
holder of which comprises a memory element having information
stored therein (col. 2, lines 6-12). “Because the roll of media
is in motion during the printing process, the memory element on
the media roll holder advantageously comprises a writable RF
identification tag embedded in an insert attached to an end of
the roll holder. This eliminates any need to form electrical
connections between an integrated circuit memory element and the
printer electronics. An RF transceiver incorporated into the
printer reads the information coded in the identification tag and
writes information about media use to the RF identification tag”
(col. 2, lines 10-19).
Cardullo discloses a transponder system comprising a base
station having a transceiver that transmits an interrogation
signal to a transponder which provides an information-containing
answerback signal to the base station (col. 1, lines 13-25;
col. 3, lines 9-17). The transponder receives its operating
power from the interrogation signal (col. 3, line 64 - col. 4,
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