Appeal 2007-1932
Application 11/066,550
wall, road, box, a page in a book, truck, clothes, cardboard, skin, and
billboard." (Teng at 4:4–6.)
16. Choy6 relates to ink compositions comprising water soluble dye and a
vehicle, and fixer compositions that together are said to be useful for ink-jet
printing on hydrophobic print materials. (Choy at 2:14–34.)
The Examiner's Rejection
17. The Examiner finds that Okazaki describes a method of printing fine
patterns with an inked printing plate having recesses. (Examiner's Answer
("Answer") mailed 2 November 2006, at 3.)
18. The Examiner finds further that Okazaki teaches "making the printing
plate and substrate either hydrophilic or lipophillic [sic] to aid in the transfer
of ink (col. 1, lines 30–55)." (Answer at 3.)
19. The Examiner finds that Okazaki does not teach an organic conductor
path material to form transistors, as required by claims 8 and 11. (Answer
at 3.)
20. The Examiner finds that the materials described by Okazaki for "the
print object" (metals, ceramics, glasses, and plastics) are known to be
hydrophilic. (Answer at 4, second full paragraph.)
21. The Examiner finds that Duthaler:
teaches electronic devices such as transistors and diodes
manufactured by ink-jet printing using transfer members . . .
having a release layer thereon to aid in the transfer process.
The transistor material is applied to a substrate t[h]rough a
6 Mark L. Choy, U.S. Patent 6,821,329 B2, Ink Compositions and Methods
of Ink-Jet Printing on Hydrophobic Media, issued 23 November 2004, based
on an application filed 31 October 2001.
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