Appeal No. 2005-0254 Page 2
Application No. 10/197,012
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a ribbon supply spool for an apparatus for
feeding ribbon to a print station and is directed to features which enable the ribbon
supply spool and ribbon take-up spool to be simpler to make and use, and to contain an
increased length of ribbon (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set
forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
Claims 1 to 3 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over U.S. Patent No. 5,374,0072 to Murison.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(mailed May 18, 2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection,
and to the brief (filed March 18, 2004) and reply brief (filed July 13, 2004) for the
appellant's arguments thereagainst.
2 Issued December 20, 1994.
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