Ex parte KUSTERMANN et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 96-3192                                         Page 3           
          Application No. 08/247,672                                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellants' invention relates to a device for coating              
          a running web.  An understanding of the invention can be                    
          derived from a reading of exemplary claim 13, which appears in              
          the appendix to the appellants' brief.                                      


               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                  
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                              
          Warner                   2,729,192                     Jan.  3,             
          1956                                                                        
          Kuhnel                   3,088,842                     May   7,             
          1963                                                                        
          Brezinski                     3,202,536                     Aug.            
          24, 1965                                                                    
          Sollinger et al.         4,848,268                     July 18,             
          1989                                                                        
          (Sollinger)                                                                 



               Claims 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as               
          being unpatentable over the combined teachings of Brezinski,                
          Sollinger and Warner.                                                       






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