Appeal No. 95-2382
Application 07/955,671
the answer. We add the following comments primarily for
emphasis.
Di Mino is not limited to coating paper webs but teaches
that “it will be clear to those skilled in the art that [the]
invention may also be used for applying many different types of
coating materials to many different types of webs” (column 2,
lines 60-64). As discussed by the examiner, Di Mino meets both
tests for analogous art. See In re GPAC, Inc., 57 F.3d 1573,
1577, 35 USPQ2d 1116, 1120 (Fed. Cir. 1995). Di Mino is related
to the field of endeavor of the inventors, i.e., coating of
liquid materials onto a web with subsequent chilling. Di Mino is
also concerned with the particular problem confronting
appellants, i.e., to immobilize the liquid material on the web as
soon as possible after coating to achieve thickness uniformity
before the final set by the chilling rolls or chamber (see column
4, lines 17-24 and 50-54, and appellants’ specification, page 4,
lines 1-8, and page 8, lines 28-29). Accordingly, Di Mino is
analogous prior art and properly combinable with EP ‘493.
For the foregoing reasons, the rejection of claims 2-4 and
(2-4)/11-13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over EP ‘493 in
view of Di Mino is affirmed. The rejection of claim 15 under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over EP ‘493 in view of Finnicum is
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