Appeal No. 96-3192 Page 7
Application No. 08/247,672
roll, said backing roll providing support for the web
during a second coating process; and
second applicator means for applying a layer of a
second coating substance directly on said web during said
second coating process, said layer of second coating
substance being applied in direct succession to the layer
of first coating substance one upon the other while the
layer of first coating substance is still moist, said
second applicator means including a nozzle chamber having
a discharge end near the web to be coated through which
the second coating substance is passed, said second
applicator means further including a rotary doctor and a
holder for said rotary doctor of said second applicator
means, said rotary doctor and holder arranged at said
second applicator means discharge end. [Emphasis ours].
After reviewing the examiner's determinations of
obviousness (answer, pp. 5 and 7-8), it is our conclusion that
even if the applied prior art were combined in the manner set
forth by the examiner it would not have resulted in the
modifications necessary to arrive at the claimed invention.
In that regard, the claimed invention requires the backing
roll to (1) form a press gap with the rotatable roll for
pressing at least a thin layer of the first coating substance
on the web, and
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