Appeal No. 96-2850
Application 08/015,400
It would have been obvious to one of
ordinary skill in the printing art to
provide the foil of Wirz with a varying
thickness in view of Kobler et al. to
compensate for non-uniform rotation of the
cylinder thereby achieving clear printed
images. [Answer, fourth page].
We cannot sustain the § 103 rejection of claims 2, 4 and
5. The foil in the German Wirz reference is merely used to
reduce the build-up or accumulation of dye on the printing
cylinder in the embodiment of Figure 5.
The Kobler reference, on the other hand, does not
disclose a “foil” as such. Nor is it concerned with the
problem of eccentricity or other irregularities in the shape
of the outer cylindrical surface of a printing or impression
cylinder.
Instead, the Kobler reference addresses the problem
arising from oscillations or vibrations of blanket cylinders
which act as impression or printing cylinders, causing non-
uniform printing pressure between opposing blanket cylinders.
To overcome this problem, Kobler teaches the art to thicken a
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