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 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007