Ex Parte Kurtzer - Page 1



            The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                              Ex parte SIEGFRIED KURTZER                              
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                                 Appeal No. 2005-1004                                 
                              Application No. 09/656,333                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before MCQUADE, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               Siegfried Kurtzer appeals from the final rejection of claims           
          1, 2 and 7 through 11, all of the claims pending in the                     
          application.                                                                
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The invention relates to a printing machine which is defined           
          in representative claim 1 as follows:                                       
               1. A printing machine, comprising:                                     
               a drive unit;                                                          
               rollers having a rotational movement and including a first             
          sheet transport cylinder and a second sheet transport cylinder;             
               a first sheet gripper mounted on said first sheet transport            
          cylinder;                                                                   
               a second sheet gripper mounted on said second sheet                    
          transport cylinder;                                                         
               said first and second grippers executing cyclical movements            
          having phases and being synchronized with said rotational                   





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