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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 42
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HIROSHI SOTOKAWA and TAKASHI KATO
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Appeal No. 2004-1707
Application No. 09/127,688
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HEARD: February 22, 2005
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Before KRASS, GROSS, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 4 and 35 through 40. Claims 8, 9,
11 through 13, 18, 22, 26, 29, and 30 have been canceled. Claims
5 through 7, 10, 14 through 17, 19 through 21, 23 through 25, 27,
28, and 31 through 34 have been allowed.
Appellants' invention relates to a printer which sends a
synchronizing signal to a host computer using a sampling signal,
with a frequency higher than that of the synchronizing signal, to
detect command and print data. Claim 1 is illustrative of the
claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
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