Appeal 2007-0603
Application 10/616,668
Appellant has invented an inkjet printing method and system in which
a carrier fluid that carries ink from an inkjet print head to a transfer belt is
absorbed by the transfer belt. Prior to transferring the ink from the transfer
belt to a sheet of print medium, the transfer belt is heated to facilitate
removal of the carrier fluid from the ink on the transfer belt (Figure 6;
Specification 10 and 11). In an alternative embodiment, Appellant discloses
that an electrical charge on the ink and carrier fluid facilitates the transfer of
the ink to the print medium (Specification 10 and 13).
Claim 33 is representative of the claims on appeal, and it reads as
follows:
33. A method of printing with an inkjet printing system, said method
comprising:
providing a supply of liquid ink comprising a carrier fluid;
using said ink, printing an image with an inkjet print head on a
transfer belt that is adjacent to said print head and movable with respect to
said print head;
absorbing carrier fluid from ink of said image with said transfer belt;
heating said transfer belt to facilitate removal of said carrier fluid
from said image on said transfer belt; and
transferring said printed image from said transfer belt to a sheet of
print medium.
The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
appeal is:
Takei EP 0 530 627 A2 Mar. 10, 1993
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