Appeal No. 2006-0809 Page 2
Application No. 10/887,631
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to an apparatus used in print media
handling operations to minimize skew of the print media. The apparatus of the
claims at issue specifically relates to an apparatus having at least two sensing
members downstream of a de-skew mechanism. One of the sensing members is
fixed near one side of the print medium, and the other sensing member is mounted
for movement so as to accommodate print media of different dimensions. In one
embodiment, the movable sensing member is mounted to a carriage that is movable
along a carriage transport rail. Claims 25-31 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal, and a copy of these claims can be found in the appendix to the
appellants’ brief.
The examiner has rejected claims 25-31 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as failing to comply with the enablement requirement. In the final
rejection, the examiner noted as the basis for his rejection that the specification as
filed does not state how the sensing member is to be mounted, where it is to be
mounted, what will move it along a rail, or how it is enabled to generate data
indicative of an actual alignment of the leading edge of a print medium relative to
the feedpath. (Final Office Action, pp. 3-4).
Rather than reiterate in detail the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the
examiner and the appellants regarding this appeal, we refer to the examiner's
answer (mailed August 10, 2005) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
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