Appeal No. 96-2850
Application 08/015,400
The invention disclosed in appellant’s application
relates to an offset printing machine in which a foil 4 is
disposed on an impression cylinder 7 to compensate for an
eccentric outer cylindrical surface of the cylinder.2
Claims 2 and 4 are the only independent claims on
appeal. Both of these claims recite that the foil has ?means
for adjusting to and compensating for irregularities in the
shape of respective parts of the outer cylindrical surface of
the impression cylinder.? Claim 2 additionally recites that
the foil is ?chosen from a plurality of foils of varying
thickness.?
A copy of the appealed claims is appended to
appellant’s brief.
2 The body of each of the independent claims 2 and 4 is inconsistent with the
preamble in that the body calls for the combination of the foil and the impression
cylinder, whereas the preamble is directed to the impression cylinder per se. Correction
of this inconsistency is in order in the event of further prosecution before the
examiner. For the purpose of reviewing the examiner’s rejections we have interpreted the
claimed subject matter to be directed to the combination of the foil and the impression
cylinder.
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