Appeal No. 2004-2305
Application No. 10/177,910
a) a phase change ink component for applying a phase change ink in a phase
change ink image;
b) an imaging member for accepting said phase change ink image from said
phase change ink component, and transferring the phase change ink image from said
imaging member to said print medium, the imaging member comprising:
i) an imaging substrate, and thereover
ii) an outer coating comprising a silicone material and a Q-resin.
9. The offset printing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said outer layer has a
hardness of from about 10 Shore D to about 60 Shore D.
The examiner relies upon the following references as evidence of unpatentability:
Titterington et al. (Titterington) 5,372,852 Dec. 13, 1994
Bui et al. (Bui) 5.389,958 Feb. 14, 1995
Henry et al. (Henry) 5.933,695 Aug. 3, 1999
Claims 1-8 and 10-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Titterington in view of Henry.
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Titterington in view of Henry and further in view of Bui.
We consider claims 1 and 9 in this decision. We note that on page 5 of the brief,
appellants group claims 1-8 and 10-20 together and claim 9 separately.
We have carefully reviewed appellants’ brief and reply brief and the answer and
the applied art. This review has lead us to conclude that each of the rejections is well-
founded.
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