Appeal No. 2003-0256
Application No. 09/334,375
pages 5-6), and to use Cardullo’s transponder on this consumable
“since utilizing plural transponders is a natural consequence of
the obviousness of utilizing a transponder memory element as
taught by Cardullo et al. on either or both of the ink
cartridge 77 and print cartridge 74 of Purcell et al. since
Purcell et al. already provides one transponder on the print
roll” (answer, page 11). As discussed above regarding the
rejection of claims 1, 19 and 43, the examiner has not
established that it would have been prima facie obvious to one of
ordinary skill in the art to use Cardullo’s transponder on
Purcell’s ink cartridge. Hence, the examiner’s argument that it
similarly would have been prima facie obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art to use Cardullo’s transponder on Mochizuki’s
waste ink container is not persuasive. We therefore reverse the
rejection of independent claims 6 and 50 and dependent claims 11,
12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 49 and 51.
Claim 54
Claim 54 requires a receiver sheet consumable comprised of
discrete receiver sheets loaded into the printer, and a
transponder coupled to a sheet-like member that is part of a
stack of the discrete receiver sheets.
Mallory discloses that reproduction or copy machines
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