Appeal No. 96-3192 Page 6
Application No. 08/247,672
at the claimed invention. See In re Fine, 837 F.2d 1071,
1074, 5 USPQ2d 1596, 1598 (Fed. Cir. 1988).
With this as background, we turn to the rejection of
claim 13, the only independent claim on appeal.
Claim 13 recites the embodiment of the present invention
shown in Figure 2 wherein only two rolls are utilized.
Specifically claim 13 recites
A device for coating a running web, comprising:
a rotatable roll having a rubberized surface for the
support of the web during a first coating process;
first applicator means for applying to the surface
of the rotatable roll during the first coating process a
small dosed quantity of a first coating substance, said
first applicator means including a nozzle chamber having
a discharge end near the rotatable roll surface through
which said first coating substance is passed, said first
applicator means further including at said discharge end
a rotary doctor and a holder for said rotary doctor, said
rotary doctor having closely adjacent fine peripheral
grooves or helical grooves, said first coating substance
having a solid or pigment substance content between 50%
and 70%;
a backing roll, said backing roll configured and
juxtaposed with respect to said rotatable roll such that
a press gap for pressing at least a thin layer of said
dosed quantity of said first coating substance on the web
is formed between the backing roll and the rotatable
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