Appeal No. 97-2904 Application 08/565,457 mode of operation is to allow the sheet to be moved into alignment with a registration edge. A copy of the appealed claims is appended to appellant’s brief. In rejecting the appealed claims, the examiner relies upon the following references: Dragstedt 4,362,380 Dec. 7, 1982 Ikeda (Japanese Kokai2 2-221043 Sep. 4, 1990 Patent) Horikawa (Japanese Kokai3 4-85234 Mar. 18, 1992 Patent) The grounds of rejection are as follows: 2 A translation of this reference is attached. According to this translation, Ikeda is listed as the inventor’s first name, but since both the examiner and appellant have referred to this reference as Ikeda, we too shall refer to it as Ikeda. 3 A translation of this reference is also attached. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007