Ex parte JUNGHANS et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2001-0092                                       Page 2           
          Application No. 09/033,145                                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellants' invention relates to a central                         
          lubrication system for a rotary printing press.  A copy of the              
          claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the                     
          appellants' brief.                                                          


               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                  
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                              
          Krambs                        4,967,880                Nov.  6,             
          1990                                                                        
          Zoch et al. (Zoch)            5,565,094                Oct. 15,             
          1996                                                                        



               Claims 1, 4 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)              
          as being anticipated by Krambs.                                             


               Claims 2 and 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                 
          being unpatentable over Krambs in view of Zoch.                             


               Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced              
          by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted                
          rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper                 







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