Appeal No. 2005-1630 Page 2
Application No. 10/665,752
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to ink containers for providing ink to ink jet
printers (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the
appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Dietl et al. (Dietl) 5,971,531 Oct. 26, 1999
Soga et al. (Soga) 6,082,852 July. 4, 2000
Ma et al. (Ma) 5,085,698 Feb. 4, 1992
The rejections
Claims 1 to 3, 5, 7 to 18 and 20 to 36 and 38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Soga in view of Ma.
Claims 6, 19 and 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Soga in view of Ma as applied to claims 1 to 3, 5, 7 to 18 and 20 to 36 and 38 and
further in view of Dietl.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(mailed November 15, 2004) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
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