Appeal No. 1998-1020 Page 5
Application No. 08/381,423
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
Barkley discloses web bustling devices adjustably mounted
between successive printing units of a multi-color printing
press to offset the web fanout effect discussed in column 1,
lines 22-44. The bustling devices form bustles or ridges in
the web (see Figure 12) to effectively shrink the web back to
its original width so that the previously printed image is
brought into precise registration with the next color image
(abstract). The bustling devices comprise air nozzles (30)
supplied with compressed air from a compressed air source (12)
and bustle wheels (134) which are adjustable in position
toward and away from the web to adjust the depth of the
bustles or ridges. Either wheel bustling or air bustling or a
combination of both air and wheel bustling may be employed, as
explained in column 9, lines 19 to 24.
While the examiner considers the use of dampening water
to be inherent in Barkley, the examiner alternately contends
that it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill
in the art at the time the invention was made to utilize
printing units which function to leave the web in a dampened
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