Ex parte BENEDICT - Page 3




                 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.                                                                        
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